Springfield Police Chief Ken Scarlette is stepping down. He announced Wednesday he will retire in June. Scarlette has been with the department for 27 years, the last three as chief. "After much ...

After 27 years of dedicated service, Springfield Police Chief Ken Scarlette has announced his retirement, effective June 2025 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Chief Ken Scarlette announced his plans to retire from the Springfield Police Department this June ...

They were hated on physically and called ‘Apu.’” A major turning point for the actor came in the form of a documentary from ...

Springfield’s population is bursting with colorful personalities, yet so many of them remain tragically underutilized. For ...

The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman, in her ...

The Simpsons season 36 episode 13 seemingly proves that one dark fan theory is true, but it isn't one that the series ...

A bleak, satirical couch gag created for The Simpsons by artist Banksy ended up generating plenty of controversy. Here's what ...

3/26; 2 p.m.—Two people have been arrested in connection with an animal cruelty case in the Town of Springfield. On Feb. 27, New York State Police executed a search ... dogs and at least 11 cats. The ...

President Trump took dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a four-and-a-half-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a ...

Springfield police were trying to locate the person's next of kin while the fire department's Bureau of Fire Prevention investigates the fire.