David D. Lowtharp, 57, was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections through a plea agreement.

Camren Hastings, 18, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated use of a firearm as a person under the age of 21, a Class 4 felony.

A Cedar Rapids man who served prison time for joining rioters entering the U.S. Senate on Jan. 6, 2021, and taking video of sensitive documents, will be sharing his story and answering attendees' questions at the Twin City Conservatives’ Feb. 28 meeting in Rock Falls

Franklin T. Houston, 28, was found guilty Wednesday of the felony offense of injuring a police officer while resisting arrest and the misdemeanor offenses of resisting a police officer and disorderly conduct.

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.

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

An Ogle County judge will hear arguments in March for motions filed by a Chicago woman’s attorneys seeking to dismiss charges of falsely reporting a shooting near Rochelle in May 2025. The motions argue the charges violate her right to free speech.

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.

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.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.

A Deer Grove man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence during a head-on crash that killed a Sterling businessman admitted to using drugs while on probation and could now face prison.

Duane “DC” Meyer, 43, was found guilty Thursday night of the 2016 murders of Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and their 3-year-old son Amos

Duane “DC” Meyer, 43, of Stillman Valley is accused of killing his ex-wife, Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and then setting her Byron home on fire with their 3-year-old son, Amos, asleep in his upstairs bedroom Oct. 19, 2016.

A Sterling man has been charged in Whiteside County with aggravated battery of a police officer, accused of throwing a rock at a deputy on Wednesday during his third run-in with law enforcement that day

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with killing his ex-wife, Maggie Meyer, 31, and then setting her Byron home on fire with their 3-year-old son, Amos, inside.

A Sterling man was sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty in four separate felony cases, including one accusing him of setting a Galt home on fire

Duane "DC" Meyer is charged with killing Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and then setting her home on fire with their 3-year-old son inside in October 2016.

Duane C. Meyer, 43, is charged with killing Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, in October 2016 and setting her home on fire. Their 3-year-old son, who was inside the Byron home, also died. 

Three men were charged with various offenses, including drugs and weapons charges, after a Lee County sheriff’s deputy stopped to assist a disabled vehicle on Friday in rural Amboy

A new Bourbonnais resident is seeking to have a law placed on the village books restricting where federal agents - such as ICE officers - can make arrests.

State investigator said the burn pattern indicated the fire began on the sofa in the first-floor living room where Maggie Meyer's burned body was found.

Forensic pathologists say no soot was found in Maggie Meyers' throat or lungs, indicating she was dead when the fire broke out.

A Morrison man has pleaded not guilty to theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, and several battery charges

Daniel Yanes pleaded guilty Tuesday, Jan. 13, to one count of aggravated battery, was sentenced to 30 months of probation and will serve 180 days of periodic imprisonment that will allow him to work.

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.

After three days of jury selection, a total of eight jurors have so far been seated to decide the fate of a Stillman Valley man charged with killing his ex-wife in 2016 and setting her home on fire. Their 3-year-old son, who was inside the home, also died.

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.

A Whiteside County man has been charged with criminal sexual assault, battery, and unlawful restraint in connection with a Dec. 31 incident

Saying he wasn’t comfortable with forcing the county to pay, a Whiteside County judge has denied the public defender’s office's request to hire an expert to watch consumptive DNA evidence testing in a case accusing a Sterling man of sexual assault and abuse.

The charges, filed Tuesday, Dec. 30, stem from a Dec. 7 incident in which the man is accused of possessing meth while carrying a loaded BB gun.

A 65-year-old Dixon man was charged Wednesday, Dec. 31, with home invasion and attempted murder, accused of entering a Dixon home and stabbing a man, according to Dixon police.

The Illinois State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing the disorderly conduct charge brought against Kankakee County Treasurer Nick Africano on Dec. 3.

A Rock Falls man will stand trial on home invasion, sex assault, and battery charges after a Whiteside County judge on Friday denied a motion to dismiss the case

A Sterling man was charged Friday, Dec. 26, with felony aggravated battery after being accused of hitting and kicking two Sterling police officers on Christmas Eve.

A Sterling man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl three years ago is headed to trial after a plea deal fell through Friday, Dec. 26.

Brett A. Barnes, 42, entered not guilty pleas on five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse and grooming.

Joshua S. McQuality, 28, was arrested Dec. 15 following a search at his residence by the Ogle County Special Operations Unit and sheriff’s office.

The charges, filed Oct. 10 in Whiteside County Circuit Court, accused man of striking Sterling police officer, grabbing the officer by the vest and kicking him on Oct. 9.

Matthew S. Robinson, 29, was sent back to the Ogle County Jail on Wednesday, Dec. 17, as he faces charges of dissemination of images of child sex abuse and possession with the intent to disseminate images of the sexual abuse of children.

Randy Belmonte-Lopez, 36, faces two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

A federal prison inmate at FCI Thomson was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 murder of his cellmate

A Rock Falls man whose plea agreement in a case accusing him of home invasion, sex assault, and aggravated battery was turned down in Whiteside County Circuit Court says his right to a speedy trial has been violated and is asking that the case be dismissed

Bradley police made another arrest in an Oct. 2 incident where officers discovered an alleged marijuana growing operation in the 100 block of South Jefferson Avenue while investigating an armed robbery in progress.

Jonathon Gounaris, 33, appeared by video from the Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, Dec. 11, for a pretrial status hearing.

Trevor Brandner is charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, six counts of criminal sexual assault, one count of criminal sexual abuse and four counts of domestic battery.

Derek Swanlund, 45, is charged with fatally shooting Cameron Pasley on April 21 in what police describe as a “domestic incident".

Mark Cooper, 48, was sentenced in absentia Tuesday, Dec. 9, following an outburst at his sentencing hearing, during which he verbally berated the judge and threatened to spit on a deputy.