Greenville Police have arrested a suspect following a shooting that struck a City of Greenville Area Transit (GREAT) bus carrying nine passengers early Tuesday evening. According to a news release from the Greenville Police Department, officers responded around 5:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert near the bus stop at the intersection of 5th Street and…
Aspen Kartier, the 19-year-old rapper and popular Twitch streamer whose real name is Aspen Easterling, was arrested last weekend on an animal cruelty charge after a viral livestream video that appeared to show her mistreating her young dog sparked widespread outrage online. According to local law enforcement, Brookhaven police obtained an arrest and search warrant after receiving…
Authorities have arrested a woman in connection with the death of a 3-month-old infant after investigators say alcohol was intentionally placed inside the baby’s bottle, leading to fatal consequences. According to law enforcement officials, emergency responders were called to a residence after the infant was found unresponsive. The baby was transported to a nearby hospital,…
A former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison—the maximum permitted under state law—for the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help from her own home nearly a year and a half ago. Thirty-one-year-old Sean Grayson, who was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree…
