/tags/sangamon-county Sangamon County en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Fri, 02 May 2025 15:52:26 GMT /law-order/2025-05-02/preliminary-evidence-indicates-driver-chatham-crash-medical-emergency Marianne Akers was driving westbound on Walnut Street at Monday afternoon when she left the road and drove through a field before slamming into the building that houses the YNOT camp. Four people were killed. Fri, 02 May 2025 15:52:26 GMT /law-order/2025-05-02/preliminary-evidence-indicates-driver-chatham-crash-medical-emergency Sean Crawford /law-order/2025-04-29/four-dead-vehicle-strikes-chatham-illinois-child-care-facility Six others were injured. The driver has been identified, but no charges have been filed. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:57:49 GMT /law-order/2025-04-29/four-dead-vehicle-strikes-chatham-illinois-child-care-facility Sean Crawford /law-order/2025-02-12/massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-wrongful-death-case Sonya Massey's shooting also spurred legislation on police hiring. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:39:22 GMT /law-order/2025-02-12/massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-wrongful-death-case Beth Hundsdorfer /law-order/2024-07-30/sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-past-work-conduct-issues Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board records show Sean Grayson worked for six law enforcement agencies around central Illinois in four year. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-30/sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-past-work-conduct-issues Farrah Anderson, Sam Stecklow /law-order/2024-07-30/st-louis-sonya-massey-shooting-protest About 100 people gathered at Kiener Plaza on Monday evening in remembrance of Massey, who was killed by a sheriff's deputy in her Illinois home earlier this month. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-30/st-louis-sonya-massey-shooting-protest Madison Holcomb /law-order/2024-07-24/army-dismissed-deputy-accused-killing-sonya-massey-serious-misconduct Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, who is now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct — and still hired at six police departments in Central Illinois. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:39:08 GMT /law-order/2024-07-24/army-dismissed-deputy-accused-killing-sonya-massey-serious-misconduct Farrah Anderson, Sam Stecklow /government-politics-issues/2024-02-09/misdeeds-by-carlinville-funeral-home-director-spur-illinois-legislative-proposals At least 80 families have received the wrong remains from the Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville, Illinois, according to the Sangamon County coroner. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-02-09/misdeeds-by-carlinville-funeral-home-director-spur-illinois-legislative-proposals Beth Hundsdorfer /law-order/2023-12-12/for-months-illinois-failed-to-act-when-carlinville-funeral-director-mishandled-remains Bodies were found decomposing and families given strangers’ ashes in the months following a coroner’s complaint on the Heinz Funeral Home. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-12-12/for-months-illinois-failed-to-act-when-carlinville-funeral-director-mishandled-remains Beth Hundsdorfer /law-order/2023-09-19/illinois-courts-take-first-steps-into-a-world-without-cash-bail-as-pretrial-fairness-act-begins Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail on Monday, but the courts remained slow in the Metro East. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-09-19/illinois-courts-take-first-steps-into-a-world-without-cash-bail-as-pretrial-fairness-act-begins Will Bauer, Mawa Iqbal, Chip Mitchell, Edith Brady-Lunny /law-order/2022-02-07/illinois-attorney-general-appeals-court-order-blocking-pritzkers-school-mask-and-vaccine-mandates Sangamon County judge says Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency masking rules were improper. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:26:37 GMT /law-order/2022-02-07/illinois-attorney-general-appeals-court-order-blocking-pritzkers-school-mask-and-vaccine-mandates Peter Hancock