Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site has fallen into disrepair as the tab for deferred maintenance on properties managed ...

The Sangamon County Coroner has identified a man who was found in the Sangamon River earlier this week. Sangamon County ...

The Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, confirmed the identity of the 61-year-old man recovered from the Sangamon River on ...

Springfield police said it started as a domestic violence incident, and it ended with a man dead and a woman with a serious head wound. Officers were called to a mobile home park on Sandhill Road to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A 61-year-old man died Monday after jumping into the Sangamon River from a bridge. The Springfield ...

EAST ALTON A local sex offender is facing his second charge of failing to register with authorities.Gary L. Vancil, 62, ...

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.

Critics are warning that without swift intervention, "we risk losing these historical assets" at Lincoln's New Salem site.

The Allerton Park and Retreat Center near Monticello is one of the best known natural areas in Central Illinois. It had been ...

Indian River School District is heading to an operating referendum for the first time in 8 years, while the latest capital ask came in 2020. District leaders have warned of staff shake ups and ...

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced this week that his office had returned $22 million to nearly 19,000 people in the month of January through I-CASH, the state’s missing money program ...

Illinois State Police Troop 6 units recovered an abandoned vehicle from Sangamon River on Saturday.