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Local
2 days ago
Convicted ‘repeat human smuggler’ pleads guilty to immigration violation

Aureliano Vazquez-Ontiberos, 43, admitted back in May he re-entered the United States illegally.

Gray Ford police SUV with flashing red lights, side markings read 'POLICE' and 'NOKOMIS', parked on a city street near a building entrance.
Local
3 days ago
Explosives thought to be in abandoned Nokomis home -Police

Some items thought to be pipe bombs were found.

Brenda Bottoms went missing in 1987, last seen getting into a car.
Local
4 days ago
Crime of the Week: Search for information in Brenda Bottoms case continues

Brenda Bottoms went missing in 1987, and new details were recently uncovered.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has hired the former caseworker for Mackenzi Felmlee, pictured, who mysteriously died in her foster home. (Capitol New Illinois file photo)
Local
4 days ago
Judge orders DCFS director to answer for repeated failures to release public documents in child death case

Capitol News Illinois sued the state child protection agency after it denied release of caseworker personnel records.

Sangamon County Complex
Local
5 days ago
Sangamon County Board to consider recall referendum Tuesday

Cahnman says he hopes the third time is the charm.

An aerial view of Sugar Camp mine in Franklin County. (Photo provided by Prairie Rivers Network)
Crime
6 days ago
Feds: Southern Illinois coal mine managers concealed ‘deadly conditions’

Four managers of a sprawling Franklin County mine face federal charges of concealing an underground fire, falsifying safety records and obstructing investigators, while a fifth pleaded guilty in August 2025.

The SIU Carbondale campus is shown in this file photo from April 2025. (Lylee Gibbs/Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
6 days ago
Former SIU professor exposed for indecent act on campus pleads guilty to amended charge

He was ordered to pay $1,000 in fines after admitting he recorded himself masturbating in a lecture hall.

Local
1 week ago
Two Springfield Police officers disciplined following January shooting incident

Small suspensions were served by the officers, according to the report.

Springfield Police Department shield
Local
1 week ago
Springfield Police officer arrested for DUI in Chatham stripped of rank, suspended

Police also launch new portion of transparency portal.

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IL State News
1 week ago
More than 50 bodies found improperly stored and decomposing at Chicago funeral home

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Friday that Johanna and Clark Morgan previously ran a crematory in Chicago Heights, south of Chicago, which had its license revoked last year after authorities discovered improperly stored bodies and hundreds of cremated remains that had never been returned to their families.

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