CRIME & SAFETY
UPDATE: Coroner names Route 97 crash victim
Update on 5/13/24, 1:35 p.m. SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sangamon County Coroner has shared the identity of the 60-year-old victim who died after a Menard County car crash on Saturday. Marjorie Hinds of Petersburg was driving a minivan on Route 97 when her vehicle was struck head-on by a pick-up truck. She was […]
Springfield-area woman killed in head-on collision on Illinois 97
A Petersburg woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident when a truck struck her mini van head on on Illinois 97 in Menard County late Saturday night. The 60-year-old was taken by ambulance to Springfield Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room. More: Two juveniles arrested in connection to fatal...
Springfield man arrested on multiple charges for April incident on Quincy’s south side
QUINCY — At around 11:15 p.m. on April 8, Quincy Police officers responded to a shots fired call in the 700 block of South 14th. The victim was not struck and reported that he and a second person were kidnapped at gun point after a home invasion in the 2500 block of Larch Road. The second victim escaped after the shots were fired uninjured.
Cryptocurrency scam costing Springfield residents $200,000 a day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Last month, a 91-year-old woman walked into King City Wireless with $30,000 and attempted to deposit it into a Bitcoin ATM on the property. Two brothers who work there, Yousef and Suliman Yafai stopped the woman and asked her why she was sending all of this money. She said she was sending to it her bank. The brothers eventually called the police and convinced the woman to stop depositing the money after she had already put $3,000 into the machine.
Fleeing a traffic stop is only a misdemeanor in Illinois, and police chiefs want to change that
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The punishment for taking off during a traffic stop is only a misdemeanor in Illinois—and law enforcement leaders are looking to fight back against such offenses, which amount to an ongoing problem. Police chiefs across Chicagoland say they need stricter laws, saying more and more drivers...
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