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Crime

Illinois State Police squad
Crime
9 months ago
Police chase ends in Springfield, and with shooting

Traffic was backed up for hours on I-55 southbound, while Illinois State Police investigated.

Can you help identify these suspects who allegedly stole electronics from Best Buy?
Crime
9 months ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed solving theft at Best Buy

Video game consoles stolen by two suspects.

Several immigration enforcement agents push back media and protestors as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino makes his way out of the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
9 months ago
Jurors selected in trial for alleged murder-for-hire plot of Border Patrol leader in Chicago

Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, faces one count of murder-for-hire.

Airplane flight
Crime
9 months ago
A former flight attendant posed as a pilot and received hundreds of free flights, US authorities say

The indictment did not identify the airlines except to say they are based in Honolulu, Chicago and Fort Worth, Texas.

FILE - Sangamon County Sheriff Paula Crouch speaks to reporters at the Illinois Capitol in January, 2026.
Crime
9 months ago
GOP suggests Safe-T Act ‘tweaks’

Give judges more latitude, make all felonies detainable.

Christopher Rixner (left) and Melissa Hubbard are wanted by the Sangamon County Sheriffs Department for Retail Theft.
Crime
9 months ago
Two wanted for theft; identified through new Sheriff’s app

Despite being identified quickly, the two suspects are still wanted.

Protesters confront federal immigration officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
National
9 months ago
Proposals on immigration enforcement flood into state legislatures, heightened by Minnesota action

Minnesota and Illinois, joined by their largest cities, sued the Trump administration this week.

This image taken from video shows Michael David McKee walking into the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. (WIFR News/Pool Photo via AP)
Crime
9 months ago
Ex-husband indicted by grand jury in slaying of couple found in their Ohio home

Authorities apprehended McKee in Rockford, Illinois, last weekend.

Crime
9 months ago
‘Clean slate’ legislation signed by Governor

Many non-violent crimes can be sealed.

Left to Right: Makai Allison, Malik Allison, Kozzie Williams.
Crime
9 months ago
3 arrested as ISP investigates officer-involved shooting in Springfield

Police reports: Retribution was being sought for a recent homicide.

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