Sangamon County Board

The county board will receive presentations and comments at the hearing on Wednesday, December 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Bank of Springfield Center, located at 1 Convention Center Plaza in Springfield.

The county's Mental Health Commission recommends the effort to coordinate and expand mental health and substance-use services.

The project still needs local approval.

The positions are on the Springfield City Council and Sangamon County Board.

Paula Crouch spent 24 years with SPD, retiring in 2023. Her nomination still needs county board approval.

Jim Allmon is the Sangamon County Coroner. He will serve in the sheriff's job after Jack Campbell resigns and until a new sheriff is named.

Applications are being accepted this month.

The day before she was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy, Sonya Massey’s mother called 911 and said her daughter was in the front yard of her mother’s house, talking loudly, acting erratically with her car keys in her hand.

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Applications for food boxes can be filled out over the next few days, until all vouchers have been claimed.