Multiple people were arrested, and several drugs and guns were seized during a 9-day initiative led by Springfield police. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Between July 2 and July 11, the Springfield Police Division had a “coordinated and proactive” enforcement effort in response to a recent increase in gun violence…
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways People in Springfield will get around town using a van rather than the usual transit bus. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as…
CHAMPAIGN (25News Now) – Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed legislation in the General Assembly that would force all Illinois schools to keep students from using cell phones during classroom instruction. Pritzker argued that phones in the classroom increase distraction, worsen student mental health, and give students opportunities to cheat. He spoke Thursday at Champaign’s Centennial High…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy responding to her call for help. The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement Tuesday night, allowing taxpayers to…
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, in part on a pledge to aggressively purge the small city of Springfield, Ohio, of its large Haitian immigrant population. To the president-elect, it doesn’t matter that the Haitian workers and families are there legally; he has vowed that “we’re…
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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — Before Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and other prominent conservatives started talking about their city, the volunteers and leadership at St. Vincent de Paul — a Catholic social services nonprofit serving the broader community and Haitian immigrants — never felt the need for the state’s Department of Public Safety to visit their welcome…