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Those visiting inmates at the Sangamon County Jail could soon do so... from home.County officials say they're looking int...
A survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield shows Sangamon County employers have positive expectations for t...
Flooding problems were exacerbated downstream from Lake Springfield late last week when CWLP opened Spaulding Dam.Sangamon Co...
According to new reports, data shows that Sangamon County is going to have 6,000 job openings with not enough employees havin...
Springfield School District 186 has put three employees on administrative, paid leave for their involvement in leaking Capita...
Mayor/Village President RacesGrandview: Mark Wollen wins taking 73% of the vote over Anthony Casper 27%.Williamsville: Thomas...
The Springfield City council continued an ongoing discussion on capping the number of employees employed by the city at one t...
Sangamon County will remain at an overall Level 1 Winter Weather Emergency throughout the evening.Under a Level 1 Winter Weat...
Sangamon County is now at a Level 1 Snow Emergency. County Engineer Tim Zahrn says the crews have made significant progress. ...
Sangamon County is still at a Level 2 Snow Emergency. County Engineer Tim Zahrn says the crews hope to have made significant ...
Sangamon County Board Chariman Andy Van Meter has declared a Level 2 Winter Weather Energency in Sangamon County, in effect u...
Electric customers in 14 Sangamon County communities will soon see lower bills thanks to the Sangamon County Aggregation Prog...
Sangamon County residentscould soon be asked what they think about living here.The University of Illinois Springfield is part...
Absentee voting has gotten underway in the Sangamon County election office for county residents. Director of Elections Stacey...
The Sangamon County Highway Department has plenty of money and materials on hand to deal with the pending winter storm.Engine...
The Morgan County Sheriff's Department is reporting another incident where a car with red and blue flashing lights attemp...
County Roads may have some areas of patchy ice and snow, but for the most part are cleaned up from yesterday's storm. The...
Many Roads are snow or ice covered this morning.Check the Sangamon County website for the latest on county road conditions. H...
The Citizens Efficiency Commision for Sangamon County has been at it for a year and has issued a progress report. Chair of th...
The Citizens’ Efficiency Commission of Sangamon County says the merging of Springfield's top two law enforcement ag...
An old idea to combine the Springfield and Sangamon County police forces is receiving new attention following a sharp increas...
Crime skyrocketed in rural Sangamon County last year, according to Sheriff Neil Williamson. Murders, aggravated and sexual as...
Illinois law enforcement officials are in a desperate search to find more people who can perform autopsies for coroners aroun...
The man convicted of killing a Sangamon County deputy nearly 40 years ago is once again behind bars.66 year old Ronald Edward...
The Salvation Army of Sangamon County's Tree of Lights Campaign wrapped up early this year. It surpassed its goal by$...
Springfield Police are trying to determine what happened on Sunday night that resulted in the shooting death of 27-year-old H...
A 34-year-old man is hospitalized after a Sangamon County Deputy ran over him as he lay in the street Saturday morning around...
Sangamon County is among the best in the state when it comes to prosecuting drunk driving cases. That's according to Moth...
Jesus Ramirez of Springfield has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for the attempted murder of a Sangamon County deputy an...
The Sangamon County Citizens Efficiency Commission is working to help cities and towns that approved electric aggregation get...
This year's drought was worse than in 1988 as far as the amount of moisture, according to Sangamon County Farm Bureau Man...
The Sangamon County Coroner has identified a man killed in an accident involving a car and a bicycle Thursday morning around ...
Results of the bi-annual Sangamon County Business Economic Outlook Survey are out -- the verdict? Not bad, but not great.Abou...
The 2013 budget for Sangamon County is now in place. The board voted unanimously on its passage. Andy Goleman, Chairman of th...
The Sangamon County Farm Bureau is calling on its members to put pressure on Congress to pass a Farm Bill before the end of t...
Voters in most of the dozens of Illinois municipalities voting on electric aggregation approved it -- and said their cities a...
Sangamon County Democrats didn't fare well in local races Tuesday, and the county is still reliably red -- but the county...
Republicans overall did well in Sangamon County. Republicans Paul Palazzolo (County Auditor), Tony Libri (Circuit Clerk), Cin...
Republicans are winning in the Sangamon County Office races, meaning the incumbents are, at this point, retaining their seats...
In Sangamon County, with 40 % of precincts reporting:STATE'S ATTORNEYJOHN MILHISER (REP) . . . . . . . . 389 64.30RONALD ...
With 6 percent of the precincts reporting in Sangamon County, Republicans are leading in the County Auditor, State's Atto...
It’s the morning of Election Day – do you know where your polling place is?Sangamon County is split up into preci...
Sangamon County Board District 22 features a long time incumbent against a newcomer.
Sangamon County Circuit Clerk Repbulican Tony Libri and his Democratic opponent Kristin DiCenso sparred over negative campaig...
Incumbent Republican Tim Krell this year faces Democrat Mike Crews to represent the 15th. The district is generally south of ...
District 28 covers areas north and west of downtown Springfield and is mainly confined to the city. Its southern border is We...
A Springfield man who allegedly fled police Tuesday afternoon told officers he wanted to get his diabetic girlfriend a soft d...
The bulk of Illinois schools and school districts are not making adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Beh...
Democrat Scott Saunders, running to represent district 10 on the Sangamon County Board, has a laundry list of concerns headin...
The maps may have been redrawn, but voters in the county's 11th distinct will find a familiar name on the ballot. Mike Su...
The Sangamon County Coroner, Cinda Edwards, says the body found on the side of the road on Monday night near Mechanicsburg is...
One of Sangamon County's contested County Board races is in District 17 -- where incumbent Republican John Fulgenzi faces...
The Citizens Efficiency Commission of Sangamon County has finished its series of 2012 public hearings. The panel, composed of...
The days leading up the the election, Morning Newswatch Host Bob Murray will be doing debates with the candidates in conteste...
The days leading up the the election, Morning Newswatch Host Bob Murray will be doing debates with the candidates in conteste...
The two candidates running for Sangamon County Coroner disagree on a few issues, not the least of which are methods of record...
Rochester residents attended a public hearing Thursday regarding the positives and negatives of electricity aggregation, whic...
The state's changes to Regional Offices of Education will force ten offices in western and central Illinois to consolidat...
The Democratic Candidate for Sangamon County Auditor wants to know why more attention isn't being paid to a multi-million...
Sangamon County's Prescription Drug Program, Sangamo Scripts has changed providers from Caremark to Welldyne. Sangamon Co...
Sangamon County's Prescription Drug Program, Sangamo Scripts has changed providers from Caremark to Welldyne. Sangamon Co...
The Sangamon County Coroner has released the name of the Springfieldman killed in a crash yesterday evening. 23-year-old Dust...
The attempted murder trial of Springfield resident Jesus Ramirez continues today. He's accused of trying to shoot two pol...
Democratic Candidate for Sangamon county auditor Chris Boyster officially kicked off his campaign by talking about his Republ...
Jesus Ramirez of Springfield stands trial this week, accused of trying to kill a Springfield police officer and Sangamon Coun...
The attempted murder trial of Jesus Ramirez is underway at the Sangamon County Complex. Ramirez is charged with two counts of...
A study on the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center recommends the county should not accept juveniles from other countie...
A case involving a high speed chase, attempted murder of police officers and 900 grams of cocaine is set to go to trial this ...
American Wind Energy Management is more concerned with some proposed amendments that with the county's extended moratoriu...
The Sangamon County Board has agreed to enter into a contract with senior services to provide rides for the Sangamon Menard R...
The Sangamon County Board has stretched out a ban on new wind farm permit applications. The three month extension will give t...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST C...
The massive drought affecting central Illinois gets a minor reprieve over the weekend. The National Weather Service says up t...
Springfield aldermen have fast-tracked a proposal to give Sangamon County companies a better chance to win city contracts. Th...
Governor Pat Quinn this week announced the state's capital construction program has made its annual $100 million disb...
A non-profit, online organization is helping teachers fund classroom projects by collecting donations and then providing the ...
Some ruralSangamon County residents may have a way to lower their electric bills if a measureheaded tothe November ballot pas...
Construction on a wind farm in western Sangamon County could begin early next year if the county board approves changes to it...
The Rochester Fire Protection District has joined a growing number of entities in Sangamon County that have banned open burni...
A History Channel reality series is heading to Sangamon County.The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce confirms "American...
Fire crews spent hours battling a large brush fire east of Rochester Friday afternoon. When it was extinguished 200 acres and...
Sangamon County is now under an Outdoor Burning Advisory until further notice. After several weeks with high temperatures and...
U. S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was on the ground Sunday to inspect drought damage. Farmers near Springfield showed him how g...
Central Illinois coroners can now join forces in the event of a major disaster.The Sangamon County Board approved a mutual ai...
An accused arsonist is in custody after he allegedy set fire to his girlfriend's home in Clearlake village. Police say sh...
A Sangamon County jury has convicted Tremayne Willis of the July 4th, 2011 murder of a 22-year-old University of Illinois-Spr...
Officials in Sangamon County are teaming up to crack down on rural crime. The Sangamon County Farm Bureau is joining up with...
The Sangamon County Auditor has launched a county checkbook online program. Auditor Paul Palazzolo says it's designed to ...
Members of the Sangamon County Farm Bureau have received an added benefit to their membership. one that could help out when a...
The Sangamon County Board is considering a resolution that will add enhancements and bigger discounts to the Sangamo Scripts ...
The Sangamon County Garage on Terminal Avenue will serve as the county's main fleet maintenance facility. The county is m...
What should be rememberingthisMemorial Day?Erica Borggren, an Iraq War veteran and Illinois’ director of veterans&rsquo...
If you've been thinking about a career in law enforcement, the Sangamon County Sheriff's office is going to be testin...
The Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for the urban part of Sangamon County has been in the works for over a year and half an...
Midwest Region Secretary of the Republican National Commitee Demtra DeMonte spoke to the Sangamon County Republican Network T...
The race for Illinois' 96th House seat still isn't over. Democrat Winston Taylor is officially asking for a recount i...
It's a first in Sangamon County: two women are serving as chairmen of their respective political parties at the same time...
Some Sangamon County employers are expressing optimism about the local economy in the next year. A survey of 189 private and ...
Sangamon County Republicans aren't the only party expected to elect a new chairman today.The county Democrats will also m...
Kent Gray, a Lincoln Land community college board trustee and an attorney in town, is throwing his hat in the ring for chairm...
The Sangamon County Farm Bureau says Township Road Commissioners may need more training to do their jobs. That's one of t...
Sangamon County Clerk Joe Aiello says this is the first time in 19 years that both politcal parties in Sangamon County will b...
Illinois’ regional offices of education could once again be a permanent fixture in education after a year of uncertaint...
Sangamon County State's Attorney John Milhiser does well in his first election, beating out fellow Republican Kenneth Tup...
Sangamon County is investing in video conferencing equipment to allow inmates to be arraigned in court from the jail.County a...
About 180 people have cast an early ballot for Illinois' primary election in Sangamon County. About 31 of those came in y...
Springfield city officials must abide by the state's Open Meetings Act. A Sangamon County judge issued the ruling today in a...
Sangamon County Clerk Joe Aeillo says new Voter Registration Cards are in the mail. He says since the 2010 census and the sta...
The Salvation Army, serving Sangamon County, has surpassed its $455,000 Tree of Lights Campaign goal. The Army's Dave Mac...
For the third year, Sangamon County businesses and entrepreneurs can compete in the Chamber & Q5's Project Innovation. The Ch...
Sangamon County officials are reminding motorists they can monitor the driving conditions on county highways by visiting the ...
Reported crimes in unincorporated Sangamon County in 2011 were either down significantly or unchanged from the year before. S...
The US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots of Sangamon County reports a successful 2011 campaign. According to coordinator We...
County clerks in central Illinois say they've issued civil union licenses since state law changed without any fanfare.All but...
The Sangamon County Highway Department is working to change its highway road condition reporting system and it's offering you...
The US Postal Service will be closing the Cook Street Postal Station. It is movingforward with plans to slash its budget by &...
Monday was the first day to file to run for office for the March 20th Primary.Inthe new 96th State Representative District, w...
The Sangamon CountyCoroner's office says 54-year-old Doctor Thomas Shanahan died at his home on West Fairview Drive last nigh...
The Sangamon County Board has approved new guidelines for scrap operators. The yards will now be required to keep detailed re...
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