Amboy

Lee County Police and Amboy Fire along with surrounding fire departments from Sublette, Harmon and Dixon, were on-scene at the incident.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A 56-year-old Amboy man was awarded $50,000 after a federal jury decided a Lee County sheriff's deputy used excessive force against him during a 2009 seizure. Deputy Andrew Tarr and his former partner, William Roberts, were sent to perform a welfare check after police received a phone call about a suicidal man, the Dixon Telegraph reported...

AMBOY, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old northern Illinois girl is dead after the ATV she was riding on hit a deer. The Lee County Sheriff's Department said Makenzie Rutherford of Amboy died Tuesday at a Rockford hospital. Amboy is about 45 miles southwest of Rockford...

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — The accidental electrocution last month of a 3-year-old Illinois boy was caused by current from an improperly grounded family camper. The (Dixon) Telegraph reports it's a problem known among recreational vehicle enthusiasts as "hot skin...

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A Lee County Court judge has sentenced a convicted murderer to 90 years in prison for beating and slashing a 79-year-old fellow Amboy man nearly two years ago. Matthew Welling was convicted in May of five counts of first degree murder and home invasion...