Sheriff Jack Campbell
Local
1 year ago
Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announces retirement

He will step down from his position and retire effective no later than August 31.

Judge with gavel
Crime
1 year ago
Babysitter convicted in drowning death of 2-year-old

Evidence presented at trial showed that the defendant would allow the child to roam freely with little supervision in her residence.

Local
1 year ago
We love a parade

4-H-ers as grand marshal include Harvard student from Bloomington-Normal

Chicago O'Hare
Local
1 year ago
Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport

The baggage room wasn’t publicly accessible, Langford said, and it’s not clear how she found her way into it.

Fentanyl vials
Crime
1 year ago
Local oral surgeon pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from his patients

Surgical assistants noticed patients moaning and moving and saw changes in patients’ blood pressure and heart rates.

Local
1 year ago
Let the fair begin!

Guv declares Illinois to be better than Walz’ Minnesota

Steel Garden sculpture at ALPLM
Local
1 year ago
“Steel Garden” comes to the ALPLM

Workers install the 22-foot-tall Steel Garden at the ALPLM.

Local
1 year ago
ISP helping to identify remains found weeks after Springfield home fire

The fire happened May 19 in the 900 block of North 10th Street.

No Forced Pregnancy written on pregnant belly
Local
1 year ago
US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Numbers went up in places where abortion remains legal until further into pregnancy — and especially in states such as Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico.