All three nominees presented by Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler for the appointment of three vacant positions were rejected by board members last week.
Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler plans to present nominations by Jan. 20, 2021, for two Republican seats on the county board left vacant when Tom McRae was elected Circuit Clerk and by the subsequent appointment of Ray Wesley as his chief deputy.
Republican Tom McRae was elected Madison County Circuit Clerk over Democratic opponent Amy Gabriel in a vote of 54 to 46 percent.McRae, who currently serves as a Madison County board member, received 71,215 votes with Gabriel receiving 60,509 votes. Current Circuit Clerk Mark von Nida, Democrat, announced last year that he would not seek reelection.
In a reply supporting their motion to dismiss an amended $1 million funding dispute, Madison County officials argue that the Veterans’ Assistance Commission of Madison County and Superintendent Bradley Lavite repeat previously dismissed claims.
Madison County and several officials again seek to dismiss a $1 million funding dispute, arguing that the Veterans’ Assistance Commission of Madison County and Superintendent Bradley Lavite still fail to state a legally recognizable cause of action.
Election officials in Madison and St. Clair counties are dealing with a significant number of calls from election judges seeking to be excused from service on primary election day on Tuesday over concerns about the spread of coronavirus. But both counties expect to have all precincts staffed and safe.
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan granted dismissal of a $1 million suit over alleged funding shortfalls filed by the Veterans’ Assistance Commission of Madison County and Superintendent Bradley Lavite.
The Veterans’ Assistance Commission of Madison County and Superintendent Bradley Lavite filed a proposed order supporting its request for summary judgment in a $1 million suit over alleged funding shortfalls.
After he was allowed to keep his license due to a clerical error following a DUI last year, former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton was charged with driving under the influence for the third time in two and a half years after he was involved in an Edwardsville crash.
EDWARDSVILLE – For the third time in two and a half years, police have charged former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton with driving under the influence.
Edwardsville attorney Amy Gabriel of prominent asbestos firm Gori Julian & Associates announced Thursday her candidacy for the office of Madison County Circuit Clerk on the Democratic ticket in the November 2020 election.
Madison County Circuit Judge David Dugan has continued a case management conference in the Veterans Assistance Commission and superintendent Brad Lavite’s suit seeking more than $1 million due to alleged funding shortfalls.
There were 307 rescinded statutory summary suspensions in Madison County DUI cases since January 2017 with most of them resulting from errors made by the arresting police agencies, according to a report completed by Bond County Circuit Clerk Rex Catron.
The list of drivers whose DUI cases were affected by a clerical error along with former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton when a Madison County clerk failed to timely schedule statutory summary suspension hearings includes a woman with a long criminal history who had been driving on a revoked license.
Did former U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton receive intentionally favorable treatment in the handling of his Madison County DUI case, or, is an admitted clerical error that allows him to retain his driving privileges being unfairly politicized?
During a press conference Wednesday, Madison County Circuit Clerk Mark Von Nida said a clerical error that allows former U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton, 55, to retain driving privileges after his second DUI in two years was not politically motivated.
A press conference is scheduled Wednesday at noon outside the Madison County courthouse to draw attention to a clerical error that allows former U.S, Attorney Stephen Wigginton to retain driving privileges while prosecutors pursue a second DUI charge against him.
