Category Archives: Local News
Sangamon County Jail is Fully Operational
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office says the jail is fully operational, despite several claims to the contrary circulating online. The office said there are no disruptions to water, electricity or ot...
Sep 17, 2025 jail cell (Credit: ABC)
Oversight Panel Makes Formal Objection to IDOC's New Inmate Mail Policy
A legislative oversight panel formally objected Tuesday to a new administrative rule that temporarily allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail from incarcerated people and instea...
Sep 17, 2025 AnkevanWyk / Depositphotos.com
City Council Meeting Includes Some Heated Comments
Discussion turned heated during Tuesday's Springfield City Council meeting as Police Chief Joe Behl explained that he has not met with Faith Coalition for the Common Good as long as an organizer of a ...
Sep 17, 2025 Photo Courtesy Stan Anders WCM
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams) Article Summary A legislative panel formally objec...
Sep 16, 2025
Decatur City Manager to Resign
Decatur will need to find a new City Manager as current City Manager Tim Gleason has formally submitted his resignation, effective no later than October 31st, 2025. Gleason was called back into the ro...
Sep 16, 2025 Photo Courtesy of X/Twitter
Sangamon County Sheriff and President of Springfield NAACP Sign 10 Shared Principles
Sangamon County Sheriff Paula Crouch and President of the Springfield Branch NAACP Austin Randolph Jr have signed the 10 Shared Principles. The 10 Shared Principles were crafted by the Illinois Associ...
Sep 16, 2025 Photo Courtesy Press release
Sangamon County Circuit Clerk to Host Passport Registration Day on Saturday
Sangamon County Circuit Clerk Joe Roesch has announced that his office will be hosting a passport registration day this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon at VFW Post 755, located at 2211 Old Jacksonville ...
Sep 16, 2025 davincidig / Depositphotos.com
Lanphier Assistant Principal Hampsey Placed on Paid Leave
An assistant principal at Lanphier High School has been placed on paid leave after being arrested for aggravated battery involving at least two students at the school on Friday. A Springfield Police r...
Sep 16, 2025 vlue / Depositphotos.com
District 186 Approves Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
The Springfield Public School District 186 board approved the fiscal year 2026 budget during a special meeting on Monday evening. Board member Debi Iams cast the only vote against the budget. The 268-...
Sep 16, 2025
Pritzker Calls on All Political Leaders to Do More to Condemn Political Violence
Governor JB Pritzker said political leaders - starting with President Donald Trump - need to do more to condemn political violence. Pritzker's critique of the president comes after the governor faced ...
Sep 16, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks before signing Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget on June 16. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)