A 38-year-old Springfield man is going to spend the next 17 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Jessie Bates ...

A Springfield man was arestedJessie Bates, a 38-year-old resident of Springfield, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on July ...

A man was arrested in Washington park after fighting with local police.Police were called to the park for a fight around 7:40 ...

Friends, family and members of the community gathered in Springfield Sunday to remember Sonya Massey, who was shot and killed ...

Video of Sonya Massey's fatal shooting by a Sangamon County deputy will be used by some area departments as an illustration of what not to do.

Springfield will enter a 25-year agreement to purchase solar from an area installation that will make of 6.5% of the city's energy generation.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - In about on month, Sangamon County will open its first ever morgue. The county has always used facilities at local hospitals to complete autopsies and other procedures.

Senate OKs police hiring reform, Sangamon County recall in response to Sonya Massey’s death Springfield senator files bills after deadly 2024 police shooting that drew scrutiny of sheriff’s hiring ...

A Sangamon County deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey, 36, last year, after she called to report a prowler outside her home in Springfield, Ill. The former deputy has been charged with murder.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- Downstate Illinois officials on Tuesday approved a $10 million settlement for the family of Sonya Massey. Massey, 36, was shot and killed by a Sangamon County Sheriff's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — In a letter to the Massey Commission, the Sangamon County Board Democrats are asking the group to renew efforts for an independent investigation into the hiring ...

The agreement is pending approval by the Sangamon County Board at its meeting Tuesday. Massey, 36, was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Springfield home last July.