SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A bridge painting project on Old Route 36 south near Riverton is set to begin next week. on April 28. On Friday, the Illinois Department of Transportation ...

If you needed to survive along the Sangamon River, there's a good chance you'd be able to, based on what's swimming in the 246-mile river that flows from rural Ellsworth in McLean County to the ...

RIVERTON -- A body was retrieved from the Sangamon River late Thursday morning after a five-day search. The physical description matched that of the individual Riverton Police identified as a ...

Flood stages at Oakford and Chandlerville on the Sangamon River have come down while the Illinois River was expected to continue to rise because of ice jams at places like Havana and Beardstown ...

Since the first Native Americans reached its banks and settlers followed in what became Macon County, the Sangamon River has rolled along, winding through Decatur's story up the present.

WHITE HEATH - Piatt County park officials are planning to build a new park along the Sangamon River. "We'll have a hiking trail and an access for canoeists and kayakers and some picnic tables ...

URBANA — Deanna Blackford choked back a sob as she told a Champaign County jury that the last time she saw her daughter almost four years ago, the young woman was high. "It was Sept. 25, 2012.

For an Illinois River town, there isn’t a whole lot of river to look at in Beardstown. Silt falling out of the Sangamon River upstream found the entrance to the town’s marina 20 years ago ...

DECATUR – The Sangamon River supplies water to hundreds of thousands of homes on its 215-mile path through Central Illinois. But despite its essential role, life in Central Illinois has taken a ...

The fish fell back into the Sangamon River near Irwin Bridge with a memorable splash and the eagle flew off around a bend to try again. The eagle was one of at least three — including one adult ...