Six months into its mission, the Massey Commission has expanded its focus beyond police reform to address broader societal ...

A Springfield man was arrested for first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old Stonington man.

The Consolidated Election in the Springfield, Illinois area concluded ... Leadership of the Sangamon County Democratic Party stood behind Capital Township trustee candidate Evan Brown who has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan to allow Sangamon County residents to recall its elected officials passed the Illinois Senate Thursday. The policy was made after the death of Sonya Massey ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office came under intense scrutiny after an unarmed Black woman was shot and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff's deputy who ... and a $10 million civil-court settlement between Sangamon County and Massey's family all have contributed ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Voters in Sangamon County decided Tuesday to eliminate the Sangamon County Recorder's Office. With 100 percent of precincts reporting the vote was 67 percent in favor of ...

County Republican and Democratic political parties both endorsed the binding referendum leading up to the election.

The trial of a white former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a Black woman in Springfield is being moved. Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson’s case will ...

SPRINGFIELD ... at other Central Illinois police agencies. Despite a former supervisor once asking Grayson “how are you still employed?” he was hired by Sangamon County in May 2023 only ...

SPRINGFIELD ... at other Central Illinois police agencies. Despite a former supervisor once asking Grayson "how are you still employed?" he was hired by Sangamon County in May 2023 only to ...