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Body cams meant to promote transparency, but SPD won't always release footage

By Scott Reeder

Jan 20, 2022

Kokela Slaughter is proud of her son who will soon graduate from Lanphier High School, but she wants to know why he was punched in the head by a Springfield police officer. On Nov. 17, police officers responded en masse to a fatal stabbing at Lanphier High School...

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Tracking down a test

By Kenneth Lowe
Jan 20, 2022
The Hickox family of Springfield,a clan of builders

By Cinda Ackerman Klickna
Jan 20, 2022
Welch reflects on first year as House speaker

By Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois
Jan 13, 2022
Back to school with omicron

By Kenneth Lowe
Jan 13, 2022
UIS plans downtown campus

By Scott Reeder
Jan 13, 2022
Dreams of a year-round fairground

By Karen Ackerman Witter
Jan 13, 2022
Pandemics of the past

By Jessica Roy
Jan 13, 2022
Turning over a new leaf

By Kenneth Lowe
Jan 6, 2022
"I can't breathe"

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 6, 2022
Art show provides funding for kids in foster care

By Scott Reeder
Jan 6, 2022
Business incubator slated for Southtown

By Scott Reeder
Jan 3, 2022
Monoclonal antibody treatment available in Springfield

By Karen Ackerman Witter
Dec 23, 2021
Heavy traffic

By Kenneth Lowe
Dec 23, 2021
Parents say police stifled investigation

By Scott Reeder
Dec 23, 2021
The wild sue yonder

By Bruce Rushton
Dec 23, 2021
Nursing home reform takes shape

By Maria Gardner
Dec 23, 2021
Holiday blessings

By David Blanchette
Dec 23, 2021
The wild sue yonder

By Bruce Rushton
Dec 22, 2021
Monoclonal antibody treatment available in Springfield

By Karen Witter
Dec 21, 2021
City council approves additional technology to fight crime

By Scott Reeder
Dec 16, 2021