SPRINGFIELD – Two years after the city saw a record number of homicides, the rate fell in 2025 to the 25-year average of 17 ...

Springfield police conducting a well-being check Thursday afternoon found one person dead. Another person was taken to a ...

Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers is looking for tips from the public that can assist the Springfield Police Department ...

A 19‑year‑old man is facing a second‑degree murder charge in the shooting death of another man in northeast Springfield, ...

Police have identified the victim and the suspect, who both died in the shooting along East Elm Street, Thursday, marking Springfield’s fourth homicide of 2026. Officers ...

According to a probable cause statement, the suspect told a witness he shot the victim in the chest and that he was going to ...

A seven-month-old girl was found unharmed in a stolen blue Lexus in Springfield, after the vehicle was left running with the ...

A Springfield man was indicted this week on charges related to the Jan. 21 shooting death of his sister’s boyfriend.

Springfield police arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a murder in Wichita, Kansas.

A 22-year-old Springfield man has died after being shot late on Jan. 15, according to a press release from the Springfield Police Department, which is investigating. This is SPD's second homicide ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Police Department is investigating the death of a man as a homicide. Officers responded to the 1600 block of E. Edwards Street on Jan. 8 around 10:15 p.m. for a report of ...