Springfield Police squad
Crime
2 months ago
Springfield Police targets retail theft in recent operation

Seven people were arrested between July 24 and July 25 at TJX-owned stores.

Crime
2 months ago
Guv signs two gun bills into law

Now mandated :tracing, safe storage

FILE - Joseph Czuba, 71, stands before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment at the Will County courthouse, Oct. 30, 2023, in Joliet, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Crime
2 months ago
Illinois landlord imprisoned for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died

Czuba died Thursday in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, according to a statement from the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

President Donald Trump speaks during a reception for Republican members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
National
2 months ago
FACT FOCUS: Trump claims cashless bail increases crime, but data is inconclusive

In 2023, Illinois became the first state to completely eliminate cash bail when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law abolishing it.

Sean Grayson's new Sangamon County Jail mugshot
Crime
2 months ago
Grayson lawyers drop bid for Massey Commission gag order

Defense feared Massey supporters would taint the jury pool in Peoria, where Grayson’s trial will be held.

Illinois State Police squad
Crime
2 months ago
Illinois State Police conducts successful 6-day joint traffic detail in Sangamon County

Many traffic citations were written, and more than 40 pounds of cocaine were seized

Crime
2 months ago
Police shootings trend down

“It’s hard to know whether this decline represents some improvement in the quality of decision-making by officers in these situations or whether this might be the result of underpolicing and withdrawal from victimized communities.”

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a former close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, after receiving a two-year prison sentence. McClain was convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial in which McClain and other lobbyists and executives for electric utility Commonwealth Edison were found guilty of having orchestrated a yearslong bribery scheme targeted at Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
2 months ago
‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme

Longtime lobbyist and friend to ex-speaker sentenced after 2023 convictions

Mugshot of Taylor Staff, convicted of sexually assaulting women while working as a Springfield Police Officer
Crime
2 months ago
Former Springfield Police officer sent to prison for sexual assault while on the job

Taylor Staff must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life

Robert Lee, Jr., was arrested Wednesday in connection with a 2024 homicide
Crime
2 months ago
Man arrested for 2024 death of woman found on I-55 in Springfield

The body of Teresa Coleman, 54, was found on I-55 in Springfield near Stevenson Drive

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