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Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Trial of two Jacksonville women allowed to proceed after judge's ruling
The trial of the wife and daughter of a Jacksonville man imprisoned for murder and residential arson will be allowed to proceed.Joyce E. Gill, 64, and her daughter, Jewell R. Maul, 39, both of Jackson...
Staff report Mar 01, 2020
Local Business Notes: A primer on Regional Planning Commission
Last Tuesday, the Springfield City Council’s committee of the whole voted to advance an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with the SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION...
Brenden Moore Feb 29, 2020
Sangamon County files opioid lawsuit
Sangamon County officials filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against companies that produce, market, and distribute opioids.The 300-page lawsuit accuses the companies of wrongdoing a...
Bernard Schoenburg Feb 27, 2020
DIRT arrests two people on drug delivery, possession charges
Two people from Springfield were arrested by the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office Tactical Response Unit and the Drug Interdiction and Response Team (DIRT) Thursday.James H. Dyer Jr., 45, of 7 Starnes...
Staff report Feb 27, 2020
DIRT arrests two people on drug delivery, possession counts
Two people from Springfield were arrested by the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office Tactical Response Unit and the Drug Interdiction and Response Team (DIRT) Thursday.James H. Dyer Jr., 45, of 7 Starnes...
Staff report Feb 27, 2020
Two people targeted in 'gang-related shooting'
Two people were fired upon in an apparent gang-related shooting late Wednesday evening, according to Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell.A 23-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman told sheriff&#...
Staff report Feb 27, 2020
Trial begins Monday for Pawnee man charged with attempted murder
The jury trial of a 24-year-old Pawnee man, charged with attempted first-degree murder, begins in Sangamon County court Monday.Guy M. Whitlow also faces aggravated battery and aggravated reckless driv...
Steven Spearie Feb 27, 2020
Trial of Pawnee man charged with attempted first-degree murder begins Monday
The jury trial of a 24-year-old Pawnee, charged with attempted first-degree murder, begins in Sangamon County court Monday.Guy M. Whitlow also faces aggravated battery and aggravated reckless driving ...
Steven Spearie Feb 27, 2020
Two people victims in 'gang-related shooting'
Two people were fired upon in an apparent gang-related shooting late Wednesday evening, according to Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell.A 23-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman told sheriff&#...
Staff report Feb 27, 2020
Six dead, including shooter, in rampage at Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors brewery
In one of the worst shootings in Wisconsin history, a gunman killed five people — and then himself — during a rampage Wednesday afternoon on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors, accordi...
Meg Jones and Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Feb 26, 2020