Madison County, IL

Belleville News Democrat
St. Clair County's civil legal costs nearly double Madison County's
Belleville News Democrat
All the part-time attorneys contributed financially to past campaigns of politicians in the county's ruling Democratic party, according to records with the Illinois State Board of Elections. For example, 11 of the attorneys donated at least a combined ...

Madison County Record
Sandberg Phoenix welcomes John Gilbert as new counsel
Madison County Record
He is a member of the Illinois State, Madison County and St. Clair County Bar Associations and currently serves on the ISBA Standing Committee on Mentoring and as chairman of the Hearing Board for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

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Road projects slated in Madison County
Alton Telegraph
Madison County: Milling, patching, resurfacing and structure repairs on Illinois Route 143 from 0.33-mile east of Interstate 55 to 0.4-mile west of Interstate 70 near Marine. The Killian Corporation, Mascoutah, $2,051,105. Three bids were submitted ...

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Storm Damages Madison County Home & Harbor
kplr11.com
MADISON COUNTY, IL (KPLR)– The Wednesday night storm left its damaging mark on Metro East. Near Godfrey there was lots of damage at Piasa Harbor along the Mississippi River. Rich Meyer owns a house boat at the harbor. “We`re all lucky to be alive,” ...

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Storm Damages Madison County Home & Harbor
fox2now.com
MADISON COUNTY, IL (KTVI)– The Wednesday night storm left its damaging mark on Metro East. Near Godfrey there was lots of damage at Piasa Harbor along the Mississippi River. Rich Meyer owns a house boat at the harbor. “We`re all lucky to be alive,” ...

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The Republic
Prosecutors appeal overthrown conviction in threat case to Illinois Supreme Court
The Republic
Attorneys with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office filed the appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of prosecutors in Madison County, where Olutosin Oduwole was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison. A three ...
Illinois appeals reversal of SIUE student's conviction for making terrorist ...STLtoday.com
Olutosin Oduwole: Illinois Student Freed After Alleged Terrorist Threat ...Riverfront Times (blog)
Illinois AG appeals overturned conviction in terror caseKSDK

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The Republic
Illinois appeals reversal of SIUE student's conviction for making terrorist ...
STLtoday.com
He was found guilty four years later by a Madison County jury, and sentenced to five years in prison. He was freed last month after a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the Fifth District Illinois Appellate Court in Mount Vernon found ...
Prosecutors appeal overthrown conviction in threat case to Illinois Supreme CourtThe Republic
Olutosin Oduwole: Illinois Student Freed After Alleged Terrorist Threat ...Riverfront Times (blog)
Oduwole case to be appealed to Supreme CourtAlton Telegraph
KSDK -The Southern
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Madison County community news for the week of April 10
STLtoday.com
Rally to honor fallen trooper. The Reguladores Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and Trooper Kyle Deatherage Fundraiser Foundation will host the 1st Annual Trooper Deatherage Rally April 20 beginning in Alton and ending in Troy. Deatherage was killed ...

Voters turn out for Illinois elections
STLtoday.com
Edwardsville dentist Hal Patton will become the city's first new mayor in 20 years, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's Illinois elections. Patton, who ran unsuccessfully for the Madison County board last fall, defeated Alderman Barb Stamer ...

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Police: Illinois Men Attack Senior, 77, Drive On His Yard After He Asks Them ...
Riverfront Times (blog)
Last Friday at around 1 p.m., the Madison County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at the 2800 block of Ridgedale Drive in Godfrey, Illinois, and there met with the 77-year-old victim and a witness. Those two had been working in the front yard of a ...

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Illinois voters heading to the polls
STLtoday.com
In Madison County, Godfrey, Highland and Pontoon Beach residents will cast advisory votes on whether to allow video gambling at their bars and fraternal establishments. The Collinsville Area Recreation District seeks to reduce its maximum tax rates.

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Traffic stop study looks at race of drivers
STLtoday.com
And in Fairmont City, Troy and the unincorporated areas of Madison County that are policed by the Madison County Sheriff's Department, nonwhite drivers are one-and-a-half times more likely to be pulled over than white drivers. ... The report, which is ...

Get all your election questions answered so you're ready for Tuesday
Belleville News Democrat
In St. Clair County, voters can find a list of polling places on the County Clerk's Office website, www.countyclerk.co.st-clair.il.us/Election+Info/. "Put in your name ... In Madison County, voters can get information about where to vote at www ...

Shimkus backs bill on drugs for farm animals
Alton Telegraph
John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, talks to a reporter Friday at the Madison County Farm Bureau in Edwardsville about legislation he plans to introduce soon in the U.S. House of Representatives. Shimkus is ... He noted that Illinois is a major producer of pork.

Madison County launches Children's Justice Division
Alton Telegraph
The Children's Justice Division also will work with agencies outside the State's Attorney's Office, such as the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Madison County Child Advocacy Center and the Illinois Attorney General's Office. "I am hopeful that this ...

Teen sues over denial of FOID card application; Maag cites Biden's 'double ...
Madison County Record
A Madison County teen on Monday filed a federal lawsuit that cites a quote from Vice President Joe Biden in an attempt to get a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. Tempest Horsley brought her complaint against Jessica Trame, in her official ...

Metro East job fair open to public
SuburbanJournals
Illinois workNet and Madison County Employment and Training will sponsor workshops covering social media, Illinois JobLink and using smartphone apps for job searching. Individuals should come dressed professionally with resumes in hand, ready to ...

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CAC cited for work in child abuse cases
Alton Telegraph
EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Child Advocacy Center was awarded the Southern Illinois Child Abuse Prevention Community Award on Monday as 490 cutout figures, each representing a child interviewed at the center, lined the front lobby of the ...

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Madison County Record
Google suits consolidated in California by JPML; Madison County teen's suit ...
Madison County Record
The consolidated litigation, according to the panel's transfer order, consists of six actions pending in five districts, including one from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Out of the other five suits covered in the JPML ...

Asset forfeiture: Highway robbery, government style
The Daily Progress
One such person is Jerome Chennault, who fell prey to Madison County, Illinois' forfeiture corridor in September 2010. En route to Nevada after a visit with his son, Chennault was pulled over by police for allegedly following another car too closely.