1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (238+ words) The U.S. Justice Department has struggled to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested since last year for assaulting federal authorities in four major cities. Of those arrests, The Associated Press found that 41% were dismissed and 34% pleaded down to…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (238+ words) The U.S. Justice Department has struggled to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested since last year for assaulting federal authorities in four major cities. Of those arrests, The Associated Press found that 41% were dismissed and 34% pleaded down to…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (145+ words) A 35-year-old man charged in the taking of a guitar at a June 25 Music on the Avenue concert has been convicted of second-degree theft. Christiane Arroyo Nieves was convicted Thursday in Clinton County District Court and given a suspended five-year…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (140+ words) A 35-year-old man charged in the taking of a guitar at a June 25 Music on the Avenue concert has been convicted of second-degree theft. Court documents state county reserve deputies located Christiane Arroyo Nieves in an alley between Sixth Avenue…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (179+ words) As sheriff of Whiteside County, I believe it is time for the state of Illinois to take another serious look at our pretrial release laws and make changes where experience has shown they are needed. Whiteside County Sheriff John F. Booker…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) clintonherald.com A Rock Falls woman is facing four felony counts after an alleged altercation with deputies Wednesday morning, according to a Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office news release. Samara P. Russell, 37, was arrested and incarcerated in the Whiteside County…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (116+ words) CALAMUS — One man and a firefighter were taken to hospitals Monday after an explosion at a Calamus residence. The explosion on 160th Avenue was reported to Emergency Communications at 2:13 p.m., according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's Office…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (128+ words) No injuries have been reported as resulting from a fire Sunday in a laundry room at the Alverno Health Care Facility on 13th Avenue North. A report by the Clinton Fire Department states a police officer extinguished the fire with a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (96+ words) Clinton Herald Local students in the first Frontline Academy held July 13-17 were introduced to criminal investigations through a simulated homicide. Local high schoolers were given the opportunity to experience what careers in public safety would be like in the first…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (142+ words) Margaret Crosthwaite, a 37-year veteran of Clinton County 911 dispatching, has been promoted to communications supervisor. "She's really close to knowing everything," said Clinton County Communications Director Jeff Chapman as he talked at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday about…...