Rochelle News

The police report does not include every crime in a community. In some cases, no police report is filed, and sometimes police withhold information on pending investigations.

ROCHELLE – Nothing says freedom like the roar of power boats ... well, maybe not, but it sure sounds like fun! The races on Lake Sule are guaranteed to provide excitement for the entire family.

It seems like every few months another business is announcing a ground breaking or expansion in Rochelle.

DeKALB – For the second time in less than two months, a fire broke out at a fraternity house in the heart of Northern Illinois University's Greek Row neighborhood Saturday night.

An 80-vehicle historic military convoy drives through downtown DeKalb Saturday afternoon.

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision Saturday morning for John Rey. He had heard that Gov.

Gov. Pat Quinn will be in Rochelle today to open an exhibit "Portrait of a Soldier," an exhibit of 209 hand-sketched portraits of Illinois soldiers killed in combat since Sept.

In 1919, a military motor convoy traveled from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco to prove that the military could travel from coast to coast despite the lack of good roads.

OREGON – A fugitive wanted on Ogle County drug charges was arrested Monday night in Jones County, N.C., Ogle County Sheriff Greg Beitel said.

OREGON – All but two of 15 Ogle County residents indicted earlier this month on felony drug charges have been arrested, Ogle County Sheriff Greg Beitel said.

ROCHELLE – The Military Vehicle Preservation Association's 90th Anniversary Convoy across the United States will make its only overnight stop in Illinois, in Rochelle, on June 20.

SYCAMORE – When Janet Hunt was a little girl, her family used to drive from Rochelle to DeKalb for church services.

Fifteen Ogle county residents are facing charges after a concentrated effort by authorities to combat drug dealings in the county.

By PAUL J. WEBER The best small high school track team in Texas is once again a freckle-faced girl named Bonnie Richardson.Valedictorian of her 14-student senior class in the tiny farming town of Rochelle, Richardson won the Class A girls team state title by herself for the second consecutive year Saturday by single-handedly beating 56 other ...

The best small high school track team in Texas is once again a freckle-faced girl named Bonnie Richardson.

Sandi Graber is the new pastor at Waterman Presbyterian Church in Waterman. On a corner shelf in the Rev.

Terry Clancy is training to be a Motorcycle Safety Foundation rider instructor. He believes wearing a helmet is very important but also supports a rider's right to choose not to wear one.

Allstate Insurance Co. today opens in Rochelle, Ill., what it characterizes as one of America's most energy-efficient and environmentally conscious data centers.

DeKalb police have arrested one man in connection with a Saturday morning shooting on Greenbrier Road, and a warrant has been issued for another suspect in the same shooting, police said Monday.

ROCHELLE – By year's end, about 3,000 acres south of the city will be fully primed for industrial and commercial development, opening the northern stretch of Lee County's Interstate 39 corridor to long-anticipated growth.