Madison County, IL

Collinsville business news for the week of May 1
SuburbanJournals
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder was a speaker at the 2013 Illinois State Bar Association Allerton House Conference at Utica, Ill., April 11-13, presenting a session entitled "Privacy Limits on Information Gathering." Crowder's panel ...

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Belleville News Democrat
Illinois Judge Callis steps down, adding to speculation of congressional run
STLtoday.com
EDWARDSVILLE • In the latest indication of a possible congressional run by Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis, her office announced today the election of a new chief judge to replace her. Circuit Judge David Hylla of Granite City was elected chief ...
Chief circuit judge in Madison County resignsSeattle Post Intelligencer
Chief Judge Callis resigns; Gill declines to run in 13th District againBelleville News Democrat
Hylla elected chief judge of 3rd CircuitAlton Telegraph
The Edwardsville Intelligencer -Madison County Record
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NBC 10 Philadelphia
Man faces four child porn counts
Alton Telegraph
The case was uncovered after the Madison County Sheriff's Department received information from the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that high school-age females from California were being solicited to send nude images through the ...
Daniel E. Albright faces child pornography chargesKSDK
Police search for Highland man charged with possessing child pornBelleville News Democrat

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Illinois Central worker claims chemical exposure caused kidney cancer
Madison County Record
A former employee of a Madison County railroad company says his nearly 40 years of exposure to chemicals while on the job gave him cancer of the kidney. William Grammer filed a lawsuit April 23 in Madison County Circuit Court against Illinois Central ...

MADISON COUNTY: Drew Curtis, Edwardsville
STLtoday.com
A standout in golf, basketball and baseball, the Edwardsville senior is the STLhighschoolsports.com Madison County male Athlete of the Year. Along with other ... "As a team, we were kind of the underdog being from southern Illinois. We would have liked ...

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Illinois Endangered Historic Places 2013: Muddy Waters Home Among State's ...
Huffington Post
... (Madison County)</em> <a href="http://www.landmarks.org/ten_most_2013_miners_institute.htm" target="_blank">The Miner's Institute opened in 1918 and was built with funds provided by the local coal miners' union,</a> according to Landmarks Illinois.

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Madison County Transit changing routes
STLtoday.com
MCT changing routes this week. Madison County Transit will make a series of route changes effective May 5 to improve its Express bus service. The changes come after MCT held a series of meetings February seeking public input on the routes. The changes ...

Madison County township multipliers meant to equalize assessed value
STLtoday.com
Each year, the Madison County Board of Review uses real estate sales figures to determine what it believes the total township assessed value should be in each of the county's 24 townships. By state statute, assessed values for nonfarm property should ...

Environment News Service
Madison County's air quality gets failing grade
Alton Telegraph
Taken from data included in the American Lung Association's State of the Air Report for 2013, Madison County was listed as just one of two Illinois counties that failed air quality standards for both ozone and particle pollution levels. The only other ...
St. Louis metro area receives 'F' rating for air qualityKMOV.com

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MCT bike path to get new asphalt surface
Alton Telegraph
Illinois Jobs Now is part of Gov. Pat Quinn's agenda to create jobs and drive Illinois' economy forward. "Modern transportation infrastructure means much more than roads and highways - and this investment will help bicyclists in Madison County get ...

Chicago Tribune
Moses Harrison, 1932-2013
Chicago Tribune
Prior to his tenure as an appellate judge, he was a circuit judge in Madison County. In 1973, he was appointed circuit judge by the Illinois high court and was elected to that position in 1974. He served two terms as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial ...

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ABC7Chicago.com
Former Supreme Court justice Moses Harrison dies at 81
Alton Telegraph
CASEYVILLE - Moses Harrison, a former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, known as a friend and mentor to many current prominent lawyers and judges, died Thursday. He was 81. "Liberty lost a champion this morning," Madison County Public ...
Former Supreme Court Justice Moses Harrison diesMadison County Record

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ABC7Chicago.com
Former Illinois chief justice who argued against the death penalty dies
STLtoday.com
Chief Justice Harrison was appointed a Madison County circuit judge in 1973 by the Illinois Supreme Court and then elected to that position in 1974. In 1979 he was appointed to the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, in Mount Vernon. He was ...
Former Supreme Court justice Moses Harrison dies at 81Alton Telegraph
Former Supreme Court Justice Moses Harrison diesMadison County Record

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Madison County Transit adjusts bus routes
STLtoday.com
Madison County Transit has announced changes in several bus routes, some of them to increase access from the Alton area to jobs in the Gateway Commerce Center, in the Edwardsville area. The changes, effective May 5, involve: #1X Riverbend Express ...

Speculation over Callis' political aspirations begins as 2014 Congressional ...
Madison County Record
Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis' name has been mentioned as a potential candidate for Illinois' 13th Congressional District. Callis did not return messages seeking comment, but others have taken to the World Wide Web to speculate that she might ...

KMOX.com
Illinois Woman Found in Burning Truck Identified
KMOX.com
GODFREY, Ill. (AP) – Authorities in southwestern Illinois' Madison County believe they know the identity of a woman whose body was found in a burning car in the village of Godfrey. Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn says investigators think the victim ...

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Madison County Record
No restitution in rigged Madison County tax sales
STLtoday.com
LOUIS • A federal judge this week ruled that it was “highly impracticable” to calculate the amount of losses suffered in years of rigged tax sales under the tenure of former Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon. The ruling means that it's less likely ...
Judge: determining restitution in Bathon case is “impracticable”Madison County Record

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Belleville News Democrat
Madison County coroner tentatively IDs burn victim
Belleville News Democrat
Samples have been sent to the state crime lab, but it may take months to get results. The death remains under investigation by the Madison County Sheriff's Office as well as the Illinois State Police Crime Scene division. The Illinois State Fire ...
Woman found dead in burning car was Godfrey resident, 82STLtoday.com
Woman believed to have died in Godfrey truck fireKSDK
Victim in Vehicle Fire IdentifiedAlton Daily News
Alton Telegraph
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Madison County community news for the week of April 24
STLtoday.com
The University of Illinois Extension will offer the 4-H Memorial Summer Camp in Monticello for youth ages 8-16. Fees to attend the five day/four night camp are $175 for 4-H members who register for a session with their local extension office or $195 ...

kplr11.com
Madison County Sheiff's Department Looking For Police Impersonator
kplr11.com
(KPLR) – A suspicious traffic stop in Madison County, IL has police wondering whether the supposed officer was an imposter. A 17-year-old driver reported that she was pulled over on northbound Godfrey Rd. near Beuttel Rd. just south of the Jersey ...
Authorities Search for Serial Police Impersonator in Madison CountyCBS Local
Warning: Be on lookout for man impersonating cop in Madison CountyBelleville News Democrat
Real police seek possible impersonator who stopped driver in GodfreySTLtoday.com
KSDK -KMOV.com -Alton Telegraph
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