The Rock Falls fire and police departments will square off Saturday, Feb. 1, to see who can whip up the best bowl of chili at the second annual Battle of the Badges Chili Cookoff. The competition will ...

A Rock Island police officer who shot and killed a man will not face criminal charges. Rock Island County State’s Attorney Dora Villarreal on Friday released the findings of an independent board that ...

Princess Ilunga, 37, is being held at the Jefferson County Jail awaiting extradition to Illinois, according to Rock ... vehicle, police said. They were taken to the Lake Mills Police Department.

The Rock Island Police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 21-year-old man was justified in his use of deadly force, according to a report issued Friday afternoon from Rock Island County ...

They then obtained a search warrant, contacted the Illinois State Police SWAT Team and secured ... a motion filed by Buckwalter to continue the case because the Rock Falls Police Department needs more ...

A Rock Island man on trial for the shooting death of Dayona Lee, 26, in December of 2021, has instead pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after a jury was seated.

The entire story is still known to only one side- that of the Rock Island Police Department- and their idea of full transparency falls short of what the community demands and deserves. We will ...

This is a breaking story. News 8 will provide updates and online as we read through the state's attorney's report.