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Webb chosen as next state’s attorney
Just days after the announcement of the election to judgeship of Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer and Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Becker-Roscow in...
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Judge selections leave 2 county vacancies
Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer and Monroe County Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Becker-Roscow have been selected to fill two associate judge vacancies in...
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Judge candidates named
Within the next few weeks, two candidates are anticipated be elected to serve as judges in the 24th Judicial Circuit, which could potentially find...
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$1.6M judgment against Peppers
A registration of foreign judgment was filed in Monroe County Circuit Clerk’s Office earlier his month.
The consent judgment was issued in St. Louis County...
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March timeline on cash bail appeal
An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be months away...
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SAFE-T Act on hold
Just a few hours before they were set to go into effect, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that parts of the SAFE-T Act would...
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Judge rules portions of SAFE-T Act are unconstitutional
A Kankakee County judge ruled late Wednesday night that aspects of the SAFE-T Act that was set to go into effect Jan. 1 are...
Business
Lawsuit filed after man falls
A man is suing after a fall in Columbia last year.
Jimmy Watkins, listed in court documents as the plaintiff, filed suit Dec. 7 in...
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Appellate judge candidates on ballot
There are two judicial candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot for one seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court due to a vacancy created...
Breaking News
‘Extensive damage’ at Rock City results in arrests
Four young men stand charged with felonies in connection with damage exceeding $100,000 in value caused at the Rock City cave business complex in...
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Locals join SAFE-T Act fight
Last Wednesday, Monroe County joined a group of over 50 Illinois county state’s attorneys and sheriffs to sue the state in objection to the...
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Jury finds Van Eck not guilty
A jury in the trial of Jeremy Van Eck, 35, of rural Waterloo returned a verdict of not guilty last week in Monroe County...
