The downstate Illinois sheriff who received criticism over his handling of the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, who was ...

SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. -- Sangamon County, Illinois is welcoming a new sheriff who has vowed to put the needs of the community first. This comes after the former sheriff, Jack Campbell, retired last ...

Illinois State Police launched an investigation into the death of a Kansas man during a multi-county pursuit on Sept. 22 by Sangamon County Sheriff's deputies. Kirtis Shane Davenport, 43, died on Sept ...

Coroner Jim Allmon doesn't plan on being the sheriff in the long run but said he is going to make sure that "people in this ...

Illinois, called for an independent investigation into the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, adding that Sheriff Jack Campbell's retirement, announced Friday in the wake of the July 6 fatal ...

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon will serve as sheriff in a temporary capacity ... of Sonya Massey by a deputy on July 6. According to Illinois law, the Sangamon County Board Chair Andy Van ...

It's been one year since Illinois got rid of cash bail. Here's what happened to jail populations and failure-to-appear rates.

Nearly six months after her daughter’s disappearance, a rural Illinois woman is asking that more deputies be hired to help ...

Missouri voters will decide Nov. 5 if retirement funds for sheriffs and prosecutors should be supported with fees collected ...

Col. Dave Rosado will take over as sheriff after O’Sullivan’s retirement in November. Rosado is a 23-year veteran of the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office, joining the office in 2001. He was ...

Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson had two DUI convictions before being charged with the murder of Sonya Massey. He’s not the only ...