Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had ...

Gregory Brown displayed the loaded handgun and pointed it at his girlfriend, threatening to shoot her, Joliet police ...

A police chase that started after a motorcycle shop burglary in Sangamon County ended over 100 miles away when a suspect fell from the bed of the speeding truck, later dying from his injuries.

CHICAGO — Friday night Shabbat services at Tzedek Chicago have all the hallmarks of a typical service, with candle lighting and a rousing rendition of Lecha Dodi, a key hymn welcoming the Sabbath. But ...

Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP identified many misshapen districts drawn in the 2021 reapportionment and asked the court to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WICS) — Sangamon County is working on a massage parlor ordinance. It's a move following in the steps of Springfield and Chatham....meant to better regulate massage establishments.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A man who died after being found unresponsive in a Sangamon County jail cell died from natural causes, the Sangamon County Coroner said. The Sangamon County Sheriff ...

Attorneys for Sean Grayson say he can't get a fair trial in Sangamon County. Any court change would be approved by Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin, who has Sean Grayson's case. The attorneys for a ...

Two people who were killed in a head-on collision on Illinois 97, just west of Farmington Cemetery Road in rural Sangamon County on Saturday, have been identified. Leslie Foggy, 63, of Springfield ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The now former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy accused of shooting and killing a woman after responding to a 911 call for help wants his trial moved out of Sangamon ...