Rock Falls News

Family and friends in Cedar City were grieving Wednesday after 20-year-old Kilynna Blake and her 2-year-old son Dayan Blake were identified as victims of an ex-convict's three-state killing spree.

Now that the man suspected of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri is in custody, peace of mind is beginning to return to the Whiteside County communities of Rock Falls and Sterling, where five of the ...

More charges are likely for a man suspected in a two-state crime spree that left eight people dead.

Local officers tend to a mourner at the scene where four bodies were discovered at an apartment in Rock Falls, Ill.

Amy Goodell immediately panicked when she learned that four people were found dead in this apartment building two doors down from her Rock Falls home.

Authorities in Illinois have captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states.

WHILE AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AT THE CRIME SCENE IN A NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDING, BOBBIE CLAXTON WAS PLAYING WITH HER THREE CHILDREN IN THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL PARK.

Police are searching for a 28-year-old convicted felon they say may be connected to a string of 8 killings in Illinois and Missouri in the last week.

Galesburg Police investigate suspicious death HyVee employee finds dead body behind store Fire spreads in Buffalo Two weeks ago, West Front Street was lined with tens of thousands of sandbags.

The manhunt for Nicholas Sheelee continues at this hour in Lee and Whiteside Counties.

By Rebecca Boysen Herald Staff Writer STERLING, Ill. - Whiteside County Sheriff's officials report a search is under way for a man considered to be armed and dangerous following the apparent murder of a ...

Illinois State Police, using helicopter equipped with infrared technology, attempted to find an armed suspect who fled into cornfields near Rock Falls Thursday night.

Russ Simpson was recently presented the Carson DeJarnatt Award on May 29, 2008, at the Economic Development Professional's Workshop hosted by Blackhawk Hills Resource Conservation and Development in Rock Falls, ...

A severe storm hit the area early Friday morning. Winds were registered as high as 96 mph at city's water and water reclamation plant.

Highland High School made history Saturday, winning its first state championship by beating Rock Falls 6-2 in IHSA Class 3A baseball in Joliet.

Can a president from Illinois deliver cash, power to the state? BY TARA BECKER tbecker@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext.

Local authors use kid literature to ease pain By Sam Smith ssmith@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext.

The Joliet Catholic Academy Hilltoppers lose 5-1 in their state semi-final baseball game against Rock Falls at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.

College to consider shortened week and more online courses DIXON - As a single mother and student, Melissa Kinnaman, 24, of Rock Falls has nearly broken the bank traveling to and from Sauk Valley Community ...

A former Illinois teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to arrange sex with a Burlington police detective posing as a teenage girl.