2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (557+ words) Mary Toth and Millie are looking forward to the start of Sterling Police’s Citizen Police Academy next month. (Alex T. Paschal) The Sterling Police Department is preparing to sponsor its Citizen Police Academy for members of the public who want…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) A Tampico man has been sent to prison for 8 1/2 years after pleading guilty to cocaine charges in separate cases. Eric J. Blackhawk, 43, formerly of Sterling, pleaded guilty in Whiteside County Circuit Court on Wednesday to unlawful delivery of cocaine on April…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (273+ words) A Sterling man out on parole for a 2024 felony case pleaded not guilty in Whiteside County Circuit Court on Monday to a dozen charges, 11 of them weapons-related, and many of which accuse him of unlawfully possessing a weapon as a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (253+ words) A 27-year-old woman from Pingree Grove was killed while riding a bicycle after a hit-and-run crash in Hampshire Township. The Hampshire Police Department is asking anyone who traveled on U.S. Route 20, between Big Timber Road and Fast Road between 12:30 a.m. and 12:50 a.m. on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (89+ words) Shaw Local Harvard home damaged in kitchen fire Residents of a home in Harvard are temporarily displaced after a kitchen fire broke out, causing extensive smoke damage, officials report. The Harvard Fire Protection District responded to a call at 6:49 p.m. Tuesday…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (184+ words) The Troy Fire Protection District conducted an unconventional rescue during this week’s severe storms in Shorewood. The TFPD shared on Facebook, that during the storms Wednesday, its paramedics and Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet emergency nurses discovered a lost baby…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (689+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that a major gun rights organization says would effectively ban one of the nation’s most popular types of firearms. The House Gun Violence Prevention Committee voted 9-5 along party lines on Wednesday to pass House…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (408+ words) A Sterling man has been charged with armed violence, weapons and drug offenses, accused of unlawfully carrying a gun while walking on a Sterling city street and toting a large amount of fentanyl. Alexander M. Delgado, 30, is charged with armed violence,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (401+ words) Jerron Fisher was shot in La Salle and, yes, he was carrying a gun – a no-no for a convicted felon. But did he return fire? And did he flee the state? Thursday, a La Salle County judge appeared to give…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (326+ words) Investigators talk outside the home on Jonette Avenue where a homicide occurred April 8, 2026. (Jeff Bonty) The Illinois State Police is investigating a fatal shooting by Bradley Police officers Wednesday who were responding to the 600 block of Jonette Avenue for a…...