Valerie Lough covers crime and courts for the Springfield News-Sun.
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SPRINGFIELD — A former high school guidance counselor who last month pleaded guilty to criminal charges after reportedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student was sentenced to five years probation Friday.
SPRINGFIELD — As part of the launch of National Telecommunications Week for public dispatchers on April 10, local officials want the public to know more about their cellphones.
SPRINGFIELD — Did someone say, “Rain, rain, go away?”
It’s likely to do that, if only for the blink of an eye, officials said.
MOOREFIELD TWP. — A local man was charged early Friday, accused in an alleged assault and a car chase, according to a sheriff’s report.
URBANA TWP. — An elderly woman was killed and two young people were hospitalized in a two-car crash on Campground Road (Township Road 93) Tuesday morning.
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police are stepping up patrols as prom season nears, targeting speeders and impaired drivers, officials said Tuesday.
HARMONY TWP. — One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Old Columbus Road Monday afternoon.
RUSH TWP., Champaign County — No one was injured when a school bus reportedly went off the side of a road and crashed Thursday morning, officials said.
SPRINGFIELD — A routine testing of tornado sirens was scheduled across the area in conjunction with an earlier plan by the National Weather Service, said Lisa D’Allessandris, director, Clark County Emergency Management Agency.
SPRINGFIELD — Investigators are searching for a motorist who led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle early Tuesday.
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