Passenger died five days after crash on Steward Road near its intersection with Ritchie Road southeast of Rochelle.

Jered T. Vautsmeier, 21, pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated fleeing and 10 other misdemeanor charges.

Daniel Garcia-Aguado, 31, of Cicero, is being held in the Ogle County Jail.

A Sterling man indicted by a statewide grand jury on two drug offenses Jan. 21 was taken into custody at the Whiteside County Courthouse the next day after showing up for his court hearing for his five other pending drug cases and a weapons case

A rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his residence in June will remain jailed despite new information argued by the defense calling the incident a “paradox of a welfare check.”

A Rock Falls woman has been sentenced to 2 years of probation after pleading guilty to one count each of battery and felony criminal trespass to a residence.

Judge rules that Christopher Reed must remain in custody due to severity of charges.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in Lee County to felony criminal sexual assault using force.

Brandon S. Miller pleaded guilty to threatening a conservation police officer in the Ogle County case. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of game, multiple violations, in Lee County.