A motion filed Thursday indicates that the former Sangamon County deputy convicted of second-degree murder for shooting an ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A traveling museum highlighting the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) has made a stop in Decatur, giving residents a chance to learn ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Sitting off of El Dorado Street near downtown Decatur is a building stuffed to the brim with African ...

The Decatur Police Department said 36-year-old Darkece T. Johnson was arrested Tuesday on charges of aggravated DUI causing ...

An appeals court ruled prison officials cannot claim qualified immunity after using an inmate as 'bait' to catch a counselor ...

A man and a woman are accused of laundering thousands through the Winnebago County Jail commissary as part of a human trafficking scheme.

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

Illinois has positioned itself as a national safeguard for reproductive rights. But a new case raises questions about how those principles are applied behind state prison walls.

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — For most of women’s gymnastics history, Black athletes didn’t see the same representation as other races. But that’s beginning to change — both on coaching staffs and on the mat ...

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, who was convicted last year of shooting an unarmed woman, has begun serving his 20-year prison sentence with the Illinois Department of Correction ...