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Editor’s note: This story is the second of three this week exploring mental health and highlighting some of the local efforts taking place to improve the community’s overall mental wellness. When someone is in a mental health crisis and a potential danger to themselves or others, 911 is often the first call. That can lead to tragic encounters, such as one involving a man and the Chatham Police Department in March.  During the incident — which garnered community support and attention with its “Speak Out For Gregory” movement on social media — Gregory Small’s mother, Keena ...

Markey remains in serious condition at Memorial Medical Center. Wasilewski also was charged with one count of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm. Bond for Wasilewski was set at $2 million on Friday. Athens police initially responded to call in the 300 block of South Adams Street shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Steve Courtney, the Menard County public defender, was appointed to represent Wasilewski. Wasilewski's preliminary hearing is set for June 15. Taylorville man in court Murder charges were also read against Richard J. Klekamp, Jr., 19, of Taylorville T...

By WMAY Newsroom May 15, 2021 | 7:09 AM Springfield activists want prosecutors to drop charges against a mentally ill man who was shot and critically wounded by a Chatham cop in March. Authorities found the officer was justified in shooting Gregory Small, Jr., who had moved toward the cop while holding a knife. Small was later charged with felony assault. His sister, Sunshine Clemons, says when a family turns to police for help, it shouldn’t result in someone being shot and facing criminal charges. She and others have formed a group, Speak Out for Gregory, to advocate for him. Small...

After two months of watching their brother recover from multiple gunshot wounds suffered during a mental health crisis where a Chatham Police officer shot him, sisters Sunshine Clemons and Shawnaci Schroeder took to social media this week to speak out for their brother, Gregory Small Jr.  "It's Mental Health Awareness Month and we really want to highlight changes that are needed in our society,” said Clemons, who is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Springfield. “We really need a mental health crisis response option other than the police.”  While the sisters hope talking publicly ...

Arrests Friday, 2:58 a.m., deputies arrested April Dawn Sadler, 32, 400 block of North Indiana Avenue, in the 800 block of North 500 East, on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony. Friday, 4:50 p.m., deputies arrested Angela Lynn Breedlove, 49, 500 block of Magnolia Drive, at the Howard County Jail on a warrant for failure to appear. Saturday, 4:10 a.m., deputies arrested Donald Leland Hoover, 39, Greentown, in the area of Indiana 22 and 300 East, on charges of operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent of .15 or more and operating a vehicle without eve...