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Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
7 months ago
Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting

Factored into the estimates are troop deployments to Chicago, Memphis, Portland, as well as Los Angeles in June, when protesters took to the streets in response to a blitz of immigration arrests.

Rally-goers outside the Sangamon County Complex Thursday morning before Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Local
7 months ago
Grayson is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey

The sentence was the maximum Grayson could receive.

Can you identify this suspect, accused of causing damage and stealing copper from a Springfield church?
Local
7 months ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed solving church copper thefts

Copper stolen earlier this month from a Springfield church.

FILE - Greg Bovino, the chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro sector, center, stands with federal immigration agents near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
IL State News
7 months ago
Chicago man cleared in Border Patrol bounty trial now faces immigration proceedings

Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, was acquitted of one count of murder-for-hire last week. Within 24 hours, he was picked up by federal immigration agents, said defense attorneys Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer.

This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.
IL State News
7 months ago
A Minnesota nurse is the 6th person to die during the US immigration crackdown

Last September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement fatally shot a person outside Chicago.

Village of Moweaqua
Local
7 months ago
Moweaqua Police Department exceeds overtime budget by nearly 70%

The Village’s financial report budgeted $25,000 for the police department’s overtime. The department exceeded the budget by 69% — nearly $20,000 more.

Salenzio Anderson
Crime
7 months ago
15 live dogs, 3 dead dogs found in suspected dog fighting case in Springfield

The majority of the dogs had old puncture scars on their faces and bodies. Several had fresh cuts and wounds and blood on their snouts. 

IL State News
7 months ago
New IL law requires annual report on prison hospice care

More than 1,000 prisoners are 65 or older, and a growing number of those people need end-of-life care and support services.

Illinois saw a decline in highway shootings and no fatalities in 2025. (Jacques Abou-Rizk, Medill Illinois News Bureau)
Crime
7 months ago
Illinois saw no fatal expressway shootings last year

State Police credit expanded highway camera surveillance system for the decline.

Members of the United States Border Patrol walk out of the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago through a sea of reporters and protesters on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
7 months ago
State investigating landlord of Chicago apartments raided by immigration agents

Reports indicate raid led to no charges or apprehension of violent gang members.

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