Police, fire and other public safety reports from Jacksonville and the surrounding area.

The Village of Oak Lawn has agreed to pay $825,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who was repeatedly punched by an Oak Lawn police officer as he was pinned to the ground while ...

Contact with minor: James Russell Kline, 35, of Millsboro, was charged by state police Monday with unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors and criminal use of a communication facility.