The Justice Department notified Sangamon County, Ill., that it had opened a civil rights investigation after reports about ...

The Department of Justice is formally inquiring into Sangamon County for its nondiscrimination practices. County officials ...

At the time of the fatal shooting, the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office was led by then-Sheriff Jack Campbell, who retired in ...

The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months ...

Sonya Massey was shot and killed while deputies responded to her call about a possible prowler outside her home in July.

The government made a list of demands in dozens of categories in a letter Thursday to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.

Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, was killed in July when deputies responded to a call about a possible prowler at her ...

The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the shooting of an Illinois woman in her Springfield home.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the deadly police shooting of a Black woman that happened at her downstate ...

The Justice Department is investigating how authorities in the area treat Black residents and people with behavioral ...

The fatal shooting earlier this year of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, sparked national outcry over police violence.