Education
4 months ago
D-186 passes budget; Lanphier asst principal accused of hitting student

The district plans to use fund balance to resolve an $18 million deficit; Chris Hampsey is on “investigative leave.”

Crime scene tape
Crime
4 months ago
Victim identified in fatal stabbing

Autopsy: Aaron Parish, Sr. died of a stab wound.

Crime scene tape
Crime
4 months ago
UPDATE: Woman arrested for Springfield stabbing death

Police want the public’s help investigating the case.

Pinckneyville Correctional Center is pictured in southern Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Crime
4 months ago
Under emergency rule, Illinois prisons can begin withholding physical mail

Illinois Department of Corrections to scan mail to combat contraband exposure.

Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
IL State News
4 months ago
ICE officer fatally shoots suspect after being dragged by car near Chicago, officials say

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he is aware of the shooting and demanded “a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.”

Sean Grayson's new Sangamon County Jail mugshot
Crime
4 months ago
Rulings made for, and against, the defense ahead of start of Grayson murder trial

A judge ruled Grayson’s previous work history can’t be entered into evidence, but also that an alleged history of aggression by Sonya Massey can’t be introduced either.

A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., to travel to New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
4 months ago
Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

Trump said he “would have preferred going to Chicago,” where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, but he suggested it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”

Jeffrey Dyer
Crime
4 months ago
Taylorville man sentenced on 2024 child porn charges

Jeffrey Dyer has been sent to prison for 14 years.

Left to Right: U.S. Reps. Mary Miller, Darin LaHood, Mike Bost.
Local
4 months ago
Reps. Miller, LaHood, Bost introduce measure to honor Charlie Kirk

Kirk, a native of Illinois, died Wednesday in Utah.

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