An arrest has been made after a woman's body was found near I-55 on Springfield's southeast side earlier this year.

Lavona R. Haddock, 61, of Springfield, died in the incident. Lilburn W. Motley, 66, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to a ...

Amid increasing tensions due to Springfield’s gun violence problem, many residents are speaking out, seeking solutions from the city.

Sangamon County State's Attorney John Milhiser said no criminal charges will be filed for the shooting death of Jerald P.

A Springfield man who told investigators he shot and killed his partner of 37 years to “shut her up” has been sentenced to ...

One week after the tragic death of Rekeea Jackson-Mason, a Chatham woman who died at the hospital following a shooting in ...

Another inmate died this week in the custody of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, continuing a trend of higher-than ...

Several events in Springfield will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey on July 6 and ...

Even 50 years into his career, Rick Springfield dreams in music. The title track of his first new studio album since 2018, “Automatic,” seeped into his brain at 3 a.m., prompting Springfield to get up ...

On July 6, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, died after being shot in her home by a White sheriff’s deputy. Nearly 116 years earlier, an 84-year ...