Dixon News

BARDWELL, Ky. – Helen Handley, 90, of Bardwell, Ky., formerly of Dixon, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Countryside Nursing Home in Bardwell, with her daughter, Mary, and her grandson, David, by her side.

DIXON – Charlotte M. Horan, 85, of Dixon, died Monday, May 28, 2012, at her home.

Area firefighters have responded to a number of blazes in recent days, including at the Red Apple Family Restaurant in Sterling, a mobile home in Dixon and a building in Milledgeville.

ARMED ROBBERY CASE: Jacob N. Cecil, 33, of Dixon; charged with armed robbery, carrying/possessing a concealed gun, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, and unlawful use of weapons.

Mumford & Sons has just announced an unusual summer tour, and one of its four US dates is in Dixon, Illinois .

Flanked by her attorneys, former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell arrives May 7 at the federal courthouse in Rockford.

The popular London-based folk rock band will be stopping by Dixon on Aug. 18 as part of its Gentlemen of the Road tour.

Hadley Skeffington-Vos, the city's management intern, partnered with Sterling Main Street to create the program.

Other times, I'm wildly off. That was the case with the Lee County Board's recent 18-4 vote against a proposed wind energy ordinance.

Veterans salute a wreath that was laid in the Rock River in recognition of sailors who lost their lives while serving their country.

Three weeks ago, I spent the entire day in Rockford , IL at the arraignment of Rita Crundwell, former city comptroller of Dixon,IL. If you are a fraud enthusiast like me, then you are very familiar with this case.

The driver, Patrick J. Fishback, 24, of Dixon, also was taken to KSB but has since been released.

Chad A. Jornlin, 36, was arrested at 4:11 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Carroll Avenue for burglary and on a Lee County body attachment warrant, and taken to Lee County Jail.

DIXON – Edward Jones, financial services firm, ranked the highest in investor satisfaction with full-service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power and Associates Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study.

By the spring of 1868, Gen. John A. Logan, 42, already had amassed quite a record of accomplishment.

Law enforcement and medical personnel respond to the scene of an accident Thursday afternoon on South Lowden Road near Oregon.

A charred air conditioner, the suspected cause of a fire, is tossed out by firefighters from a mobile home that was ablaze this morning at Greenacres Mobile Village near Dixon.

DIXON – Critical comments made by several parents about the coaching style of former Dixon High School basketball coach Steve Sandholm is “opinion speech” protected under the First Amendment.

This home at 320 Poplar St. in Dixon was vandalized by a trio of local children skipping school.

Check out the Dixon Park District's new Jumble Market, a flea market and rummage sale open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays at Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St.