Sterling News

The State of Illinois canceled the Amber Alert Sunday afternoon after the children were found safe in Sterling Illinois.

The Confederates' front line fires on the Union Army Saturday afternoon at the Battle of Chaplin Creek in Franklin Grove.

Amboy Police Brett Elliott Austin, 32, of Amboy; 1:50 a.m. Sunday; Lee County warrants failure to appear – aggravated assault and failure to appear – battery; transported to Lee County Jail.

STERLING – A wrong turn led two New York men to the Whiteside County jail Tuesday after police discovered a crop of marijuana plants and other drugs in their vehicle.

Dixon Police William L. Turner, 52, of Dixon; 12:03 a.m. Sunday, in the first block of South Peoria Avenue; three Lee County warrants – failure to appear, and one Whiteside County warrant – failure to appear; transported to Lee County Jail.

Illinois American Water Company intends to raise Sterling water rates another 27.4 percent – in addition to the 46.94 percent raise the company received in 2004.

STERLING – A 3-year-old Rockton boy died Saturday afternoon after an apparent drowning in rural Sterling.

Dixon Police Jennifer E. Roland, 24, of Dixon; 1:13 a.m. Thursday in the 700 block of North Dixon Avenue; operating a vehicle with a revoked registration, expired registration sticker.

One year has passed since the horrible killings of a rural Sterling man and four Rock Falls residents.

Lee County Sheriff Shawn J. Beran, 31, of Dixon; 11:37 p.m. Wednesday; Lee County warrant, contempt – nonpayment/failure to appear; given notice to appear in court.

Out&about Through Aug. 2 Exhibit: Revolution Paintings by John DeLong at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 W. First St., Dixon.

STERLING – A teenage driver who died April 21 in a crash that also killed another motorist west of town was traveling more than 100 mph at the time of the head-on collision in the middle of an intersection, police say.

Bobby Bushman of Sterling pulls a catfish out of the water Sunday at the Arduini boat ramp in Rock Falls.

Sterling Police are looking for a murder suspect as friends and family gather to remember the victim.

A Sterling man is murdered and police are on the hunt for a suspect. The victim is 54-year old Juan M. Lopez of Sterling.

Dixon Police Stephen A. Hoople, 19, of Dixon; 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; public indecency; released to Lee County Sheriff Department pending additional charges.

Joanie Sims of Rochelle speaks about the services she receives from a state-funded agency.

MORRISON – The brother of spree-killing defendant Nicholas T. Sheley will be the first person to go to trial in connection with the death of a 93-year-old Sterling man, a Whiteside County judge decided Wednesday.

MORRISON – A Rock Falls man told investigators that he robbed a Sterling gas station in February because he was in debt to a drug dealer who threatened to harm his girlfriend if he didn't come up with the money, a police officer testified.

MORRISON – A Sterling man charged with stabbing a then-17-year-old Sterling youth in August pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 30 months' probation and 180 days in jail.