Burglar hits Family Dollar on West Jefferson Street

The Family Dollar Store in the 900 block of West Jefferson Street was broken into the early morning hours Thursday.Springfield Police Lt. Christopher Russell said a patrol sergeant noticed that the front window of the business was broken out at around 3:30 a.m. Upon further investigation, the sergeant discovered that a glass cigarette case behind a cash register had been broken into and that several packs of Newport cigarettes had been taken.Russell said a store video […]