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Chicago
IL State News
10 months ago
Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes

The groundbreaking deal closes out 176 lawsuits involving 180 wrongfully convicted people who spent close to 200 years combined behind bars, marking an end to one of the Chicago Police Department’s darkest chapters.

SMTD bus
Local
10 months ago
SMTD to purchase 19 new buses

Federal grant funds will help pay for all 19 new buses.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
10 months ago
Judge rules feds can’t block Illinois’ disaster funding in response to immigration laws

State also files new challenge to law blocking Planned Parenthood funding

Judge with gavel
Local
10 months ago
Federal jury finds in favor of Springfield in 2021 lawsuit

The jury found the use of force was reasonable, and that one of the suspects had a bat, leaving the officers in fear of their safety.

Jesse Blades was arrested on burglary and other charges -- found by Sangamon Co. sheriff's deputies using a new drone.
Crime
10 months ago
County makes second arrest in one week using new drone

See footage here of the arrest using a drone.

Tax Filing
IL State News
10 months ago
State to open up ‘Tax Amnesty Program’

Pay back taxes owed between October 1 and November 17.

Photos of Rylee Britton
Local
10 months ago
Parents of YNOT crash victim remember daughter, call for justice

“I’m just asking, ‘Where’s my kid? Where’s my kid?’ The press conference was at five. The coroner didn’t come until about six and tell us that we had lost our child,” Christine Britton said.

Utility work being done in Riverton has left an unsightly mess.
Local
10 months ago
First Sherman, now Riverton residents say Comcast workers are damaging their property

“There was not any effort made at all to notify us that this was going to be happening,” Haflinger said.

Dick Durbin at a press conference in his home's backyard in Springfield on April 24, 2025, one day after he announced he would not seek reelection.
Health & Wellness
10 months ago
Durbin warns of government shutdown

On Tylenol and autism, Durbin says the President has “no skill or talent in this area.”

Can you identify this suspect in a recent burglary in Springfield?
Crime
10 months ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed solving recent Springfield burglary

The burglary happened Sept. 16 at Prairie Telecom.