IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Sonya Marie Thomas, age 48, of Iowa City, died February 14, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. (noon) on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at Hodgson Funeral Home, ...

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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Public Schools spent $165,000 in taxpayer money to remodel Superintendent Dr. Adrienne Battle’s office suite, including the addition of a new private bathroom ...

CHICAGO — Jury deliberations continue in the murder trial of former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. Nexstar’s WCIA ...

PEORIA — A white ex-cop charged with murdering an unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home last year testified Monday that he fired his gun in self-defense, and that his actions “matched the ...

Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson told a jury on Monday that when Sonya Massey said, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus," he "took it as a threat." Seconds later, Grayson opened ...

PEORIA, IL - Witnesses have begun to testify in the murder trial of the former Illinois sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a Black woman after she called police for help. The 2024 killing of Sonya ...

UPDATE:Read a full daily recap of the trial here. The first-degree murder trial of Sean Grayson began Monday, Oct. 20, with jury selection. Grayson is being charged with the 2024 murder of Sonya ...

UPDATE: Sean Grayson was found guilty of second-degree murder in Sonya Massey's shooting death. Massey's murder ignited national outrage and was cited as an example of the continuing racist treatment ...

A new Illinois law that Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed Tuesday will require all law enforcement agencies in the state to conduct more thorough background checks on prospective officers. The law, spurred ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to last summer’s shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed ...