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Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Deceased person found in garage on South State Street
Springfield Police were called to a near west side residence Sunday morning where a badly decomposed body of a male subject was located in a garage.There was no immediate report about whether foul pla...
Staff report Feb 23, 2020
Inspector General says contract favored one person
The Office of Executive Inspector General’s said Friday a contract for data services was too narrowly drawn to favor awarding it to a retired state worker.However, the office also said it could...
Doug Finke Feb 22, 2020
Two victims hospitalized after Jerome shooting
Two men were shot Friday evening in the 1100 block of West Iles Avenue in Jerome.According to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, one victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the leg and the othe...
Staff report Feb 22, 2020
Police investigating shots fired on east side
Springfield police are investigating a report of shots fired on the city's east side Saturday afternoon.Witnesses told police that a man got out of a dark-colored sedan on Monroe Street near Wheeler A...
Brenden Moore Feb 22, 2020
Officer resigns; charges dropped against alleged head-butt victim
A Riverton police officer charged with aggravated battery for allegedly head butting a suspect at the police station resigned Friday, according to village attorney Don Craven.Craven also said the...
Bernard Schoenburg Feb 21, 2020
Inmate dubbed the 'Starved Rock Killer' freed after 59 years
PINCKNEYVILLE — An 80-year-old man who spent nearly 60 years in prison after being convicted of killing one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park wa...
The Associated Press Feb 21, 2020
Springfield mayor's son arrested on suspicion of DUI, drugs
The 24-year-old son of Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a controlled substance.Ryan Langfelder, of ...
Brenden Moore Feb 21, 2020
Rat infestation in Springfield home cleared
A rat infestation in a home at 619 S. Lincoln has been abated, city inspectors have concluded.As a result, retired judge Roger Holmes, a hearing officer for the city's administrative court, found the ...
Brenden Moore Feb 20, 2020
Riverton police officer indicted for aggravated battery, official misconduct
A Riverton Police Officer was indicted on charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct in Sangamon County Court Wednesday.Grant D. Peterson posted 10 percent of his $5,000 bond Wednesday.The ...
Staff report Feb 20, 2020
Innocence Project's Hanlon named to governor's task force
John Hanlon, the executive director of the University of Illinois Springfield’s Illinois Innocence Project, was one of 15 members named to the Governor’s Task Force on Forensic Science.T...
Staff report Feb 19, 2020