The man who died in a crash early Sunday morning was from Madison, the Rock County Medical Examiner's Department reported.
Janesville police said a spate of gun-related crimes has them concerned.
A Mount Pleasant woman was in custody on suspicion of vehicular homicide and intoxicated driving after her car crashed, burst into flames and …
Janesville police arrested a Beloit man early Saturday morning on charges of possession of fentanyl and other drugs, possessing a gun as a fel…
Three teenagers, two from Janesville and one from Beloit, were arrested Friday afternoon on charges of operating a vehicle without owner's consent.
A Janesville woman was arrested on suspicion of a sixth operating-while-intoxicated offense after a vehicle pursuit early Sunday morning.
A drop in the Janesville crime rate is part of the police department's annual report.
A scam artist recently persuaded a Janesville woman to buy $6,000 in gift cards and give him the card numbers.
Families of the three victims of a January 2018 fatal crash on Interstate 43 will have to wait after the Rock County Public Defender’s Office …
A Rock County jury rendered a guilty verdict Wednesday, deciding that Julian D. Collazo murdered a Janesville woman on Dec. 8, 2017.
Jared R. Russell, 27, of Beloit, was arrested at the Rock County Jail on numerous criminal violations in connection with a string of burglarie…
A state Child Abduction Alert was issued Tuesday for Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties.
Nicole Kazar testified Tuesday in the murder trial of Julian Collazo, who is accused of stabbing a Janesville woman to death in 2017.
The first day of arguments in the second trial of a man charged with brutally stabbing and killing a 43-year-old Janesville woman got underway…
A Janesville man is being accused of his fifth OWI and fleeing law enforcement officers after his arrest Friday.
A Janesville man was arrested on suspicion of a fifth operating while intoxicated offense and obstructing an officer after he was stopped for …
A black Volkswagen Jetta is being sought in connection with a firey, eight-vehicle crash in Janesville July 6.
An appellate judge on Thursday dismissed disorderly conduct charges against a man who stood outside a police garage in Janesville and insulted…
A local woman pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge involving recruitment of women in a 2017 prostitution case.
The second murder trial of a man accused of the brutal stabbing death of a 43-year-old Janesville woman in 2017 is now set to begin next week …
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A Madison man was charged with 6th-offense intoxicated driving on Tuesday, July 13, in Rock County Court.
A Janesville man was pepper-sprayed and robbed in downtown Janesville on Saturday, police said.
Whitewater Police Chief Aaron Raap said the arrest of the Pumpers & Mitchell's manager should not affect the bar.
The Rock County Medical Examiner's Department released the identity of a man who was found dead near the Janesville public library.
A fire broke out at Garden Court Apartments on Janesville's Main Street on Saturday afternoon.
The Rock County Sheriff's Office reported the results of a drug raid in Beloit.
A woman who stabbed a man in the chest last fall in the town of Harmony was sentenced Wednesday in Rock County Court.
A Janesville man faces accusations of a particularly violent attack last week on a woman he knows.
A Janesville man is accused of assaulting two minors in unrelated cases.
The body of a man who police believe was homeless was found behind the library Wednesday, Janesville police said.
An education effort by sheriff's deputies has saved at least one person from sending money to a scam artist.
Janesville police report arrests and many complaints for fireworks violations over the weekend.
A Janesville man was charged with seventh-offense intoxicated driving after being found unconscious in a pickup truck.
A man accused of struggling with officers who stopped him was charged with fourth-offense intoxicated driving in Rock County Court.
Janesville man was arrested Tuesday evening on a intoxicated-driving charge.
Police arrested a Janesville man on gun and drug charges after a search warrant early Monday morning.
Police have arrested a woman on a charge of attempted arson. She is accused of trying to set fire to her ex-boyfriend's house in an incident i…
Jamie B. Beggs, 37, made his first court appearance Friday and was formally charged with first-degree intentional homicide.
As more Rock County towns join the movement to allow ATVs and UTVs on their roads, the potential exists for much longer ATV rides in south-cen…
Janesville police a nonfatal shooting Thursday afternoon on the city's east side.
Lucas A. Jacobson will spend five years behind bars and then five years on supervised release after his friend died of overdose from fentanyl-…
The Rock County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a suspect in the June 14 death of a 97-year-old woman.
A Janesville man who was charged with pulling a gun on a family on a Janesville hiking trail last year was sentenced Tuesday in Rock County Court.
Jeremey Duncan is sick, but writing is healing. His poem on addiction called “The Door” won him the Rock County Jail’s recently expanded creat…
Janesville police believe the woman who was shot early Saturday was trying to burn down the Janesville home of her ex-boyfriend, a police serg…
The state Supreme Court on Friday agreed with a Walworth County judge’s decision on a child porn case, ruling that the judge did not need to w…
The Rock County Medical Examiner's Department on Friday identified the elderly woman who died an "unnatural death" in the town of Center earli…
A Whitewater man who killed his brother-in-law in 2016 over child porn the man claims he found will get a new trial in Walworth County Court, …
Three teens were arrested after being seen in a stolen vehicle late Tuesday night.
A Fort Atkinson woman has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of her grandmother after authorities discovered a b…
The Rock County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an unidentified relative of an elderly woman who was found dead in a home west of Janesville ear…
A Janesville man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he'd apparently crashed his sports car while driving intoxicated behind…
Walworth County criminal justice officials on Friday pointed to a few paths they’re exploring to try and save the county’s drug treatment cour…
Police arrested a Janesville man for his fourth-offense intoxicated driving after witnesses said he was sitting in his truck, intoxicated, out…
Authorities say a Janesville man arrested after an armed robbery early Friday morning at a Janesville gas station now will likely to be charge…
Janesville police reported an armed robbery at a Super 8 motel early Thursday morning.
An Illinois man was arrested Tuesday following a crime spree that lasted five hours in southern Rock County.
A UW-W student died of a self-inflicted gunshot Friday, June 4, police said.
Rock County judges submitted their plans Tuesday to encourage but no longer require masks in the courthouse as they try and hold more hearings…
Beloit police are investigating a shooting in the 1700 block of Porter Avenue on Monday in Beloit.
Edgerton police are looking for whoever used an herbicide on the high school's athletic field last month.
The name of a man who police believe fired the fatal shots in a May 20 murder-suicide has been released.
A man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday in connection to the stabbing of his roommate in the town of Albion late last year, court rec…
On the first day of his jury trial last week, a Janesville man pivoted and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison on drug and gun charges,…
Authorities say a Janesville woman is in custody on her fourth intoxicated driving offense after she was seen driving recklessly without a lic…
A Janesville man was arrested at an Illinois motel on Friday after a person he’s believed to have kidnapped at gunpoint escaped from the motel…
The persistence and support that comes along with drug court is helping Megan Langhoff better her life and bringing her closer to getting back…
Larry Dollar was sentenced in federal court in Madison on Wednesday.
One of the men who died in a shooting Thursday has been identified as Carlos "Charlie" Cruz Portillo of Janesville.
What started out as a peaceful Thanksgiving dinner quickly took a violent turn after a Janesville man became intoxicated and battered a woman …
The co-owner of what used to be Copperhead Contracting in Milton has paid restitution on projects he was charged with not completing in Janesv…
UW-Whitewater police said Monday on Facebook that they want the public’s help in finding a man suspected of sexually assaulting someone he did…
Rock County criminal justice officials are trying to create a pilot deferred-prosecution program to add to the county’s arsenal of evidence-ba…
Janesville police suspect murder-suicide after two men were found dead in a shooting Thursday night at a south-side mobile home park.
Janesville police and emergency responders attended to a report of shots fired and people screaming near the corner of Kellogg Avenue and Cent…
Janesville police say they arrested a town of Milton man on suspicion of robbery and stealing a vehicle while they say he was committing anoth…
An Illinois man accused of driving through a holiday parade in downtown Beloit in December of 2019 is wanted and on the run from authorities a…
Police reminding residents to lock up after four vehicle thefts were reported the last several nights.
Rock County’s pretrial services program is brushing up against its capacity, but local officials are hopeful that the court system will flow m…
A Rock County Jail inmate tested positive for COVID-19, according to test results returned Tuesday morning.