The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

A Fulton woman who threatened a Walmart worker with a gun after she got caught shoplifting in the self-checkout lane at the Sterling store was sentenced to five years in prison.

A former Savanna woman who, along with her adult son, is the subject of the state’s first civil hate-crime suit, pleaded guilty in Carroll County court to harassing her Black neighbor.

A former Savanna man who, along with his mother, is the subject of the state’s first civil hate-crime suit, was found not guilty Thursday at a bench trial on a related criminal misdemeanor charge.

A 23-year-old Savanna fetanyl dealer already serving time in Iowa and convicted of dealing in Illinois is charged in Carroll County court with drug-induced homicide in the 2022 death of a 28-year-old Thomson woman, the Illinois State Police said.

Sentencing remains set for 3 p.m. Monday for a 73-year-old Prophetstown man who tried to burn down a future reproductive health clinic in Danville where he said abortions will be performed.

A 19-year-old Milledgeville man accused of driving while under the influence of drugs and using an electronic communications device when he crashed into a motorcycle, killing its two riders, pleaded not guilty in Carroll County court to six felony counts.

A Fulton woman who police say got caught cheating in the self-checkout lane is facing at least 15 years in prison if convicted of an alleged ensuing robbery, weapons and drug charges.

The Supreme Court appointed an associate judge running unopposed in November for the six-year circuit judgeship that opens this month in Whiteside County, rather than the county’s former state’s attorney, the sole applicant for the position.

The driver killed Friday morning in a collision in Fulton was from Western Springs in Cook County, Chief Nick Neblung said Monday.

One driver died and another was cited after their vehicles collided around 8:30 a.m. Friday at state Route 84 and 21st Avenue, Fulton Police said in a news release.

Former Whiteside County State's Attorney Gary L. Spencer is applying to replace retiring 14th Judicial District Judge Stanley B. Steines, and the public is invited to comment on his application.

Ground was broken this week on a marijuana grow operation in the Fulton Industrial Park.

A retired Winnebago County circuit court judge and a grain farmer from Milan, both Republicans, are running to replace the freshman Democrat in Illinois' 17th Congressional District, which includes Whiteside and Carroll counties.

A Republican businessman and philanthropist from Galesburg who announced plans to try to unseat freshman Democratic U.S. Rep Eric Sorensen is dropping out of the race. Another GOP candidate, however, is waiting in the wings.

A Thomson woman was found not guilty at a bench trial Wednesday in a case in which she struck and killed a pedestrian Dec. 25 near Fulton.

A former Clinton, Iowa man is in Whiteside County jail, accused of raping a woman in Fulton.

The man who drove drunk and killed a Sterling woman more than six years ago was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison.