Trial date set for city man accused of fatally shooting motorcyclist

The murder trial of a Springfield man accused of fatally shooting a motorcyclist in 2017 has been set in Sangamon County court.Robert A. Pope, 30, will stand trial Aug. 10 in the shooting of Adam Tayeh, 32, which followed an argument near Hill Street and Enos Avenue on April 25, 2017.The two were were involved in a heated exchange after one of the drivers earlier was “cut off in traffic,” according to a Springfield Police news release, near Dirksen Parkway and South […]