The city of Rock Falls has appealed a $31.5 million judgement delivered against the city and two fire officials in connection with the 2021 line-of-duty death of a Sterling fire lieutenant.

The trial of a Rock Falls man accused of home invasion, sex assault, and battery was to begin Tuesday in Whiteside County court. Instead, a Whiteside County judge assigned to the case last week will announce that day whether the case against Daniel Yanes will proceed

A 65-year-old Dixon man pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Jan. 7, to attempted murder, home invasion and other charges.

Eleven jurors have so far been selected to hear the case against Duane Meyer, 43, who is accused of killing his ex-wife and setting fire to her Byron home on Oct. 19, 2016, with their 3-year-old son inside. A third jury pool is being summoned for selection Monday.

Sterling Today filed a complaint for eviction papers in Whiteside County Circuit Court against The Mercantile Ballroom & Cocktail Lounge and business owners Ryan Nares and Ashley Nares, who dispute the allegations made in the filing

A Lee County judge ruled Tuesday, Jan. 6, in favor of Dixon’s defense attorney’s motion to pause the information-gathering pretrial process in a lawsuit that alleges the city did not comply with the state's public records' law.

A Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in Whiteside County court to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire in which his ex-wife, Margaret “Maggie” (Rosko) Meyer, 31, was found dead

As the result of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit, a Carroll County judge has ordered two former Carroll County residents, who are white, to pay more than $90,000 for their months-long campaign of intimidation against their neighbor, who is a Black man.