The charges stem from a fire that broke out in October in the Galt area. Two people were hospitalized and the fire caused significant damage. No other details were provided about the fire itself.

Bellarmine University, in its first year in NCAA Division 1, has multiple student-athletes going to a championship.

A Whiteside County judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to move forward with a criminal case that accuses a Sterling man of setting an October fire that destroyed a Galt home. Rodney Swan, 26, ...

Feb. 27—STERLING — A Sterling man was charged in Whiteside County on Thursday in connection with an October fire that destroyed a Galt home. Rodney Swan, 25, charged with felony aggravated ...