The Latest Breaking News from Springfield

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP

An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey has announced that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home

Moves from station in Springfield, Mo., and starts on the air Aug. 8

Records released by Illinois authorities show that Sonya Massey, the Black woman shot in her Springfield home by a sheriff's deputy after calling 911 for help, was the subject of at least two other emergency response calls in the days leading up to her July 6 death

The Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey, the unarmed Black woman who called 911 for help in her Springfield home, apologized Monday night during a community meeting

Tragic incident in Springfield, Illinois: Deputy Sean Grayson faces murder charges for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help.

A white deputy, Sean Grayson, shot Sonya Massey, who called police in fear of a home intruder, after boiling water dispute

Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson is accused of shooting and killing 36-year-old Sonya Massey after she called 911

Sonya Massey called 911 to report a prowler when Sean Grayson ‘aggressively yelled’ and fatally shot her in face

Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying in the American Midwest

Earlier this year, 54-year-old Glenn Sullivan Sr of Springfield, Louisiana, agreed to be physically castrated after he raped and impregnanted a 14-year-old girl