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19-year-old hurt in Sangamon Co. car vs. tractor crash
SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) – A driver in Sangamon County was lucky to escape serious injury, the Sheriff’s Office said, after their car crashed into a tractor early Thursday morning. The crash happened on Waverly Road at the intersection with Mansion Road, located in New Berlin Township. The Sheriff’s Office determined that a Hyundai was […]
Man arrested in connection to Springfield bar shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office has announced an arrest in connection to a shooting earlier this month at a Springfield bar. The shooting happened at The Cove on North Dirksen Parkway the morning of May 6. A bouncer was shot in the hip after he confronted people who were loitering in […]
Springfield Police investigate shots heard call at apartment complex
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Officers with the Springfield Police Department are looking into a shooting call at an apartment complex in North Springfield Friday night. According to Sargeant Sandage with the Springfield Police Department, officers got a lot of reports at around 9:26 p.m. Friday from callers saying they heard gunshots in the area of 2540 […]
Illinois FOID card revocation enforcement problem continues to grow, authorities say
There are tens of thousands of people in Illinois who may be armed, and now considered too dangerous, to keep their firearms. Their FOID cards have been suspended, but the guns have not been confiscated by authorities.
More than 10 years after the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the case
The high-profile murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 was before the Illinois Supreme Court yesterday, as the Attorney General’s Office seeks to salvage a conviction. WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports.
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