DIXON, Illinois — A longtime Dixon resident and veteran officer of the police department has been promoted to Chief of Police in Dixon. Dixon Detective Sergeant Steve Howell was selected out of a pool ...

DIXON, Ill. (WLS) -- Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell was released from federal prison in central Illinois Wednesday, the FBI confirmed. She was convicted in 2013 of stealing millions from the ...

Police said London Thomas jumped into the river on Monday, April 13, in an alleged attempt to evade police. He had been missing ever since.

DIXON, Ill. — President Joe Biden’s decision to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 people Thursday is getting attention because it’s the largest act of clemency by any president. It’s being received ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since the coronavirus crisis began, all 102 counties in Illinois - from tiny Hardin County in southern Illinois with less than 5,000 residents to Cook County with more than 5 million ...

OGLE COUNTY, Illinois -- Three sheriff's deputies were shot Wednesday morning while responding to a northern Illinois home, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities told reporters. On Wednesday, ...