PEORIA, Ill.(AP) — A jury was seated Monday in the murder trial of an Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey, a Black woman shot in her home last year after calling police for ...

The Illinois State Police have arrested a man following a child abuse investigation that began in January 2026.

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, will be sentenced on Thursday for the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a Black mother of two who had called 911 about a possible prowler outside her ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a former sheriff's deputy to the maximum 20 years in prison in the July 2024 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman in her home after she ...

An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home. Sangamon ...

Illinois state senator Chapin Rose has proposed legislation to amend the Illinois TRUST Act to allow state and local law ...

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder for the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison followed by two years of supervised ...