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UPDATE: Coroner IDs 16-year-old victim in Springfield shooting
UPDATE 4/25 at 11:19 a.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sangamon County Coroner has confirmed the identity of the Southeast High School student killed in a shooting Wednesday morning. Coroner Jim Allmon identified the 16-year-old as Keyon Day of Springfield. Day was pronounced dead at HSHS St. Johns Hospital at 9:48 a.m. after being transported […]
Letters to the editor 4/25/24
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to [email protected]. Dean Olsen's recent article on the nationally recognized consultant's analysis of an expansion to the BOS Center incisively covered a complex subject ("Making downtown Springfield more marketable," April 11). The subsequent public comments on your coverage elucidated several important considerations that deserve further explanation. The many comments fell into the following general categories:
Child development center employee faces child porn charges in Sangamon County
A Springfield man who worked at a Sherman child development center was arrested on April 20 for production of child pornography. Nigel L. Tiller, 29, had originally been suspected of possible child abuse at All His Children Developmental Center, 700 S. Sherman Blvd., last week. That led to Sherman police and Illinois Department of...
Artists are invited to submit Lincoln-themed mural ideas for the Sangamon County Building
Abraham Lincoln will be part of the new remodeled lobby of the Sangamon County Building. The Springfield Art Association, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) and Sangamon County, is seeking proposals for mural artwork. There are some guidelines. The murals must follow his early years...
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