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• Madison County GOP board members push back on statements that labeled re-opening plan 'reckless'

  By Ann Maher | Thursday, May 14, 2020 @ 10:14am

  Madison County Republicans, who hold a 15-14 majority in county government, say they went to great lengths to achieve bi-partisan support for a re-opening plan that was approved overwhelmingly 26-2 on Tuesday.

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  Mayors support stopgap budget to fund education, local government

  By Taryn Phaneuf | Friday, Jul 1, 2016 @ 9:29am

  GODFREY — A group of 41 mayors in Illinois threw their support behind a bill that was one of many proposed to temporarily fix the state’s budget.

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• Slip and fall suit against Granite City Mexican restaurant dismissed

  By Ann Maher | Monday, Jun 9, 2014 @ 4:33pm

  Mudge

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• Napp sworn in as circuit judge in Madison County

  By Christina Stueve Hodges | Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 @ 8:33am

  Judge Kyle Napp's family, left to right, Allan, Grace, Kyle, Aiden and Ian Napp. Justice Ann Callis swears in Judge Kyle Napp as Circuit Judge.Recently elected Madison County Circuit Judge Kyle Napp thanked her colleagues on the Third Circuit bench after being sworn into office on Monday.

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• Madison County foreclosures in September: 135

  By Ann Maher | Friday, Oct 19, 2012 @ 7:49am

  A total of 135 new foreclosure notices were filed against Madison County property owners in September, according to the website Realtytrac.com which provides foreclosure statistics nationwide.

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• Most foreclosure filings in Madison County in May involved Granite City property owners

  By Ann Maher | Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 @ 3:26am

  One in every 566 housing units in Madison County received a foreclosure filing in May 2012, according to RealtyTrac.com, a site that analyzes real estate trends nationwide.

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• Hylla set to hear couple's motion to compel in suit against Boy Scouts of America

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 9:23am

  Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla is set to hear arguments on a motion to compel filed by a couple suing the Lewis & Clark Council of the Boy Scouts of America over an accident at a Godfrey campground.

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• Couple suing Boy Scouts over fallen tree file motion to compel

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Jun 20, 2011 @ 1:31am

  Craney A couple suing the Lewis & Clark Council of the Boy Scouts of America over injuries caused by a falling tree have filed a motion to compel in their suit.

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• Parties set schedule in suit over Boy Scout camp accident; Hylla finds motion to compel moot

  By Amelia Flood | Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 7:30am

  Hylla The parties in a suit filed against the Lewis & Clark Council of the Boys Scouts of America have set the path to the suit's May 2012 trial.

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• Suit against Boy Scouts over amputated leg set for hearing

  By Amelia Flood | Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 7:40am

  A couple's suit over the amputation of a man's leg allegedly caused by a falling tree at a Godfrey Boy Scout camp is set for a motion hearing today.

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• Madison County judges let $1.75 million draw interest while lawyers fight over it

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 @ 11:00am

  Ruth Madison County judges deposited $1.75 million at Regions Bank to draw interest while Brad Lakin of Wood River and Paul Weiss of Chicago fight over it.

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• Hylla awards Regal Beagle $10,000 set-off in dram shop verdict

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Oct 25, 2010 @ 6:35am

  Hylla Roper's Regal Beagle has been granted $10,000 in set-off from a former co-defendant in a dram shop suit the Godfrey tavern lost last month.

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• Recent case highlights law regarding liability and liquor sales

  By Amelia Flood | Friday, Sep 17, 2010 @ 10:55am

  Al Capone While bar fights are common, a recent case in Madison County has highlighted that, to bar owners, they can be expensive events.

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• Hearing set next week in series of legal fee disputes filed in Madison, St. Clair counties

  By Amelia Flood | Friday, Sep 17, 2010 @ 6:54am

  Burke Feuding former law partners are set for a hearing as their fee disputes filed in two counties await the results of mediation ordered by Madison and St. Clair County judges.

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• '09 physical contact injury case jury trial stricken, non-jury to be set

  By Amelia Flood | Friday, Sep 17, 2010 @ 6:10am

  A jury trial set Monday in a woman's suit over unwanted touching is off.

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• Plaintiff nets $35,000 in dram shop case against Regal Beagle

  By Amelia Flood | Thursday, Sep 9, 2010 @ 8:44am

  Hylla An Ottawa, Ill., man won $35,000 from a Godfrey tavern as the trial of a dram shop case stemming from a 2008 bar fight ended.

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• Jury selection under way in Regal Beagle dram shop trial

  By Amelia Flood | Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 @ 9:18am

  A Madison County personal injury trial involving a Godfrey tavern opened Tuesday with a day-long jury selection in a case expected to last three days.

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• Hylla denies summary judgment, holds pre-trial in man's suit against Roper's Regal Beagle

  By Amelia Flood | Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 @ 12:18am

  Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has denied summary judgment to a Godfrey tavern hoping to avoid a trial this week over its alleged violations of the state's Dram Shop Act.

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• Hylla considering summary judgment move in case against Regal Beagle

  By Amelia Flood | Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 @ 12:28pm

  Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla has taken a move by the plaintiff in a dram shop suit against Roper's Regal Beagle in Godfrey under advisement.

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• Xbox suit against Microsoft dropped by plaintiff

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 @ 5:00am

  Stack Video game player Jason Johnson has dropped his claim that Microsoft Corp. sold Xbox consoles that spoiled his games with a "red ring of death."

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