The department honored the recipients for their extraordinary dedication, bravery, and courage in assisting SPD and keeping Springfield safe.

A Springfield man is back behind bars after police said he was caught with drugs and a gun while awaiting trial on other drug charges. Officials with the Springfield Police Department said Brandon Ott ...

The City of Springfield announced Wednesday that Police Chief Andrew Shearer will be resigning on March 14, 2025.

Sonya Massey was shot and killed in her home by a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy after she called to report a prowler. On Tuesday night, the Sangamon County Board approved a $10 million settlement ...

Ex-sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, faces a first-degree murder charge in the shooting, which happened last summer in Springfield, Illinois.

In the early morning hours of July 6, Massey called 911 to report a prowler outside her home, setting in motion events that ...

Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey’s 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family’s lawyers announced a $10 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against Sangamon County and ...

Attorneys for the family of Sonya Massey announced they reached a $10 million settlement in the wrongful death case against ...

A Sangamon County deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey, 36, last year, after she called to report a prowler outside her home in ...

Massey, 36, was shot and killed by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy in her home near Springfield on July 6, 2024.