Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters doused two blazes Sunday. The first occurred around 12:30 a.m., when the exterior of a duplex at 606 1/2 W. 6th St., Sterling, caught fire, and the flames spread from the back porch to the kitchen, Lt.

Singing for
 their supper - MORRISON – The city's church choirs are presenting “We Sing for Their Supper,” a concert to benefit Morrison Food Pantry and the Christmas Helping Hands program, at 6 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Reformed Church of Morrison.

Alan J. Davison, 24, of Rockford; 11:38 p.m. Friday at Jones Avenue and Bacon Street; driving with a suspended license, possession of cannabis under 2.5 grams.

Nick Woods, 19, of Sterling, works in housewares at Super Wal-Mart in Sterling, and is studying theater at Sauk Valley Community College.

Dawn Olds, 44, is the director of operations at Halo/Lee Wayne, Sterling, where she coordinates operational improvement and manages billing, among other duties.

AMBOY – A Missouri man died early Friday morning after his pickup truck was hit Wednesday at the intersection of Inlet and Franklin roads.

Harold Hagenow of Rock Falls walks through the World War II Memorial Tuesday in Washington, D.C., during his Honor Flight tour.

Now this is the way to honor military veterans. We speak of today's Whiteside County Honor Flight, where 37 World War II veterans are being taken on a free whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., for a visit to the World War II Memorial and other sites.

Note to readers: This is the eighth in a series of Sauk Valley Newspapers stories on some of the World War II veterans who are going to Washington, D.C., Tuesday on the Whiteside County Honor Flight.

Ballroom dance students Annika Martin and Ed Marquez finish their foxtrot in an instructional DVD produced by Rock Valley College dance teacher Julie Dale.

Work continues on Happy Tails Animal Shelter's new facility. STERLING – After 5 years of fundraisers and a bitter court battle with neighbors in its pricey subdivision, Happy Tails Animal Shelter has a new building on a new site.

MORRISON – A Sterling woman charged with stealing money from the Greater Sterling Development Corp.

Donald Card of Rock Falls talks about his time spent serving in World War II. Card will be taking the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Douglas R. Mossholder, 46, of Dixon; 7:05 am. Thursday in the 300 block of East Second Street; stalking – two counts; taken to Lee County Jail.

ROCK FALLS – A husband and wife were in Whiteside County Jail Monday after a search of their Rock Falls home Friday turned up cocaine, crack pipes and cash, according to the Blackhawk Area Task Force.

Burglaries and robberies are on the rise in Illinois, according to the recently released 2008 Illinois State Police crime report.

ROCK FALLS – Cherry Valley-based builder Ringland-Johnson Construction has been awarded the contract for a mental health clinic that is being added to the Whiteside County health clinic.

Lee County Health Department Thursday received its first large shipment of H1N1 injectable vaccine – 3,000 doses – and will offer a walk-in clinic Saturday for those most at risk.

A 41-year-old man from Sterling is back behind bars on a $500,000 bond on charges of armed violence a little more than a year after he was paroled from prison for a similar offense.

Aaron D. Sandrock, 22, of Rock Falls has been sentenced to 80 days in the Bureau County Jail after pleading guilty to Class 4 felony of disorderly conduct on Oct.