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 ...

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

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

McDonald's is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli tied to onions on the fast-food giant's Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The investments include $65 ...

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

SummaryDOJ letter cites statutes from 3 separate federal laws on race, disabilities, police safety The United States ...

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

The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the shooting of an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a ...