A judge will hear arguments May 15 on a defense motion asking for a more detailed explanation of the charges filed against a former Carroll County sheriff’s deputy in connection with the 2024 death of a Mount Carroll teen.

A Sterling man concerned about how data from automated license plate readers could be used – and possibly shared – expressed his concerns Tuesday night to the Sterling City Council.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a 2024 aggravated battery charge – a Class 2 felony because it involved a police officer – and a separate 2023 aggravated battery charge.

Editor’s note: Today, Shaw Local is publishing the first installment of its two-part series about human trafficking and the scope of the problem in northern Illinois

A 76-year-old Ogle County man who authorities say fatally shot his daughter-in-law last July outside a Schaumburg hotel, died last week at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago.

Three people have been charged in Carroll County in connection with several local agencies’ investigation into the theft of two utility vehicles and tools

Heath A. Knipple, 46, was charged July 2 with six counts of Class X felony dissemination of images of child sex abuse, with each count listing the victim as younger than 13.

From Capitol News Illinois: The attorney general’s office won the first-ever civil hate crime lawsuit brought by the state under a 2018 law. Two white residents of Carroll County were charged with intimidation and hate crimes against their neighbor, who is Black

A Lee County judge sentenced a Will County woman to 2 years of conditional discharge in connection with the December 2023 hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls pedestrian near Walton.