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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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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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Crime
3 months ago
15-year-old dressed as a clown stabbed a man to death in random attack, police say

Police in East St. Louis, Illinois, found the body of 78-year-old John W. Allen of Jennings, Missouri, in a street Monday. Jennings is also in the St. Louis area.

Braxton Williamson
Local
3 months ago
UPDATE: Man denied pre-trial release in case of infant death in Christian County

The judge said Williamson is a “clear and present danger,” according to court records.

Christine Wonsley and Elmore Wonsley, mother and step father of Nolan Wells, stand on a stage with a photo of their son as they appear at the National Urban League's annual conference to share updates on his death, as well as Daniel Erving, and Tyler Smith, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Crime
3 months ago
Three people charged with threatening judge, witness and officials tied to Nolan Wells investigation

One of the defendants, Edward James Porter of Illinois, allegedly called an unnamed witness on July 31 and threatened to kill them and their family, according to an affidavit.

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