Winnebago County Sheriff

This summer civil unrest peaked across the country and police relations were at the core of the controversy. A northern Illinois women’s empowerment…

State and local leaders are making decisions every day about the COVID-19 pandemic that are met with both praise and criticism. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has…

Two Winnebago County sheriff’s deputies were ordered to stop handing out unofficial business cards featuring a skull logo that a black woman considered…

Emotions ran high at Tuesday night's forum on whether the Winnebago County Jail should open its doors to federal immigration inmates.Sheriff Gary Caruana…

The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department is issuing a scam warning. Residents are being threatened by someone impersonating an official from the…

Former Winnebago County Sheriff Don Gasparini died Friday in Naples, Florida. He was 72.The Democrat was first elected sheriff in 1980 and served until he…