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24 Feb, 2020
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Deceased person found in garage on South State Street
Springfield Police were called to a near west side residence Sunday morning where a badly decomposed body of a male subject was located in a garage.
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Two people shot on East Stuart Street

Two individuals were struck by gunfire in the 2100 block of East Stuart Street early Sunday evening.

Teresa Haley wins national NAACP award

Teresa Haley of Springfield won the Activist of the Year at the 51st NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood Friday.

 
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Taylorville police officers will start wearing body cameras Monday

Beginning Monday, all 21 of the Taylorville Police Department's sworn officers will be wearing body cameras.

Man apparently asphyxiates himself in bathroom of Municipal Building

Springfield Police personnel were notified early Sunday morning about a subject in the men's public restroom on the first floor of the Municipal Center East, 800 E.

 
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US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

LONDON - The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London courthouse, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of classified military documents.

Pleasant Plains food pantry gets a boost in space

PLEASANT PLAINS - Until early January, Helping Hands Food Pantry operated in a postage stamp-sized area of the Pleasant Plains Community Club.

Michigan sex-misconduct claims mirror Ohio State doctor case

ANN ARBOR, Mich.

Newman suffered head injury, no internal injuries in crash

LAS VEGAS - Ryan Newman said he suffered a head injury in his crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 but did not disclose details in a statement from the driver read before Sunday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

South Korea put on high alert, Italy battles virus outbreak

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases, ordering officials to take "unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a soaring viral outbreak, while a continent away in Italy, authorities battled to contain Europe's first major outbreak of the virus.