SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Sonya Massey Act, which aims to increase police accountability by revising hiring procedures in Illinois, was signed into law Tuesday and will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. The new ...

Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led to murder charges against a ...

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 ...

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 Massey, who was shown in bodycam footage being shot in ...

The woman, Sonya Massey, 36, called 911 on July 6 because she believed there was an intruder in her home. She was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy who has been fired and is charged with murder. By ...

Early in the morning on July 6, Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old resident of Springfield, Illinois, called 911 to report a prowler at her home. Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson and another ...

Illinois has enacted a police reform bill in honor of police shooting victim Sonya Massey. Just over a year after police fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home, Illinois has introduced a police reform ...

Life is “great” for Dell Curry, the father of NBA stars Steph and Seth Curry. In a wide-ranging interview with The Charlotte Observer, Dell — a former NBA shooting guard who spent 10 seasons with the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey, appeared in court Friday. He was present in person, not virtually, after being ...