Former sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey in Sangamon County. His ...

Loved ones of victims killed by gun violence met at a church in Pine Bluff to say the name of their loved ones and light a ...

Some criticized the settlement as 'woefully inadequate.' The Sangamon County Board unanimously agreed to a $10 million out-of-court mediated settlement with the estate of Sonya Massey. The dollar ...

Attorneys for the Sonya Massey estate called the $10 million settlement 'very significant.' Sonya Massey would have turned 37 years old Wednesday. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump on Wednesday called ...

A cousin of Sonya Massey has left as co-chair of the Massey Commission. The Massey family could still strip the commission of its name. Sontae Massey said he was "actively defying" his family's wishes ...

The same threat that exists for Black men when law enforcement is called exists for Black women—but it is often dismissed.

Sangamon County has reached an agreement with the family of Sonya Massey through mediation on an out-of-court settlement. The settlement, in the amount of $10 million, would need final approval from ...

A $10 million settlement between county officials in Springfield, Illinois, and the family of Sonya Massey is the “first step in getting full justice” for the Black woman fatally shot in her ...

The proposed measures come months after the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey. State Senator Doris Turner, D-Springfield, has introduced two measures in response to the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey in ...

Sangamon County Judge Ryan Cadagin will decide if the case will be moved out of Sangamon County. Here's what you need to know.

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy respond ...

FILE - In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police on July 22, 2024, former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, left, points his gun at Sonya Massey ...