Rock Island police announced Tuesday that the death of 19-year-old Alexis J. Roelandt has been ruled a homicide.

A former Rock Island County employee accused of stealing more than $900,000 of public funds made her first appearance in court on Friday.

A largely peaceful demonstration Tuesday night deteriorated into violence later in the evening, as protesters threw rocks at passing motorists and Grand Island police and officers from other ...

The Rock Island-Milan School Board approved two new executive-level hires for the 2024-25 school year at Tuesday's Committee of the Whole meeting. Dominique Moore was hired as assistant ...

Ancient Meteor Crater Thought To Be World's Oldest May Be 800 Million Years Younger Than We Realized The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year ...

A brush fire continued to burn Saturday in the Hanging Rock area of Roanoke County, as high winds and steep terrain challenged firefighters.

A 23-year-old Lake Delton man was arrested on Sunday night in connection with the death of a woman in the village. Brandon Bent was tentatively charged with first-degree intentional homicide after ...

Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren claimed in court testimony that he traveled to North Dakota in December 2016 to discuss a settlement with then-Standing Rock Sioux Chair David ...

Project partners Cathryn Sack and Gabe Coin are undertaking a major renovation of downtown Grand Island's historic Bartenbach Building into Artisan's Alley, which will include storefronts, added ...

Sean Michael Freese, convicted in October for the 2016 slayings of his parents, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

Two unrelated incidents at Smith Mountain Lake resulted in one drowning and what is currently being called a near drowning on Tuesday afternoon.

The accused appeared to remain in custody Tuesday afternoon on a $1,500 cash bond, records show.