SPRINGFIELD — Police arrested countless armed offenders ... They demonstrate how there are people behind the uniforms who choose to stand between order and chaos. “Your sacrifice often ...

At a May 20 meeting of the Lane County Budget Committee, commissioners approved the largest reduction in full-time-equivalent ...

Springfield's south police substation, at 17 W. Johnny Lytle Ave., is part of the neighborhood, a fitting alignment with late Chief Roger Evans, who told officers the community always came first.

Johns joined the Springfield Police Department in 1994 and served for 25 years, until retiring to a detective in the child and special victims units in 2019. Johns also worked as uniform ...

He said sometimes all people see is blue uniforms and they ... from Holyoke High School and Springfield Technical Community College. She comes from a family of police officers, following three ...

as she is the first Latina police chief at HCC, representing her culture from Puerto Rico. She had the honor of being pinned by her son and her chief badge placed on her uniform by her brother.

A tall, imposing plume of agricultural sediment blew from central Illinois and over dry farmland to envelop Chicago, dropping visibility to near zero last week during a type of dust storm mostly ...

A new chapter is unfolding in Springfield, Illinois, as the latest class of Springfield Police Department recruits begins their ... light on who our officers are before they ever put on the uniform.

Sling on his arm and pain in his shoulder, Springfield’s Chris Dolan walked the field Thursday night at Cardinal O’Hara, wearing the look of a competitor who had given everything and wouldn’t take any ...

On Thursday, departing Springfield Police Chief Ken Scarlette had the honor of swearing in nine new officers. In his second ...