Illinois appellate prosecutor David Rands has been appointed to handle DUI and related traffic charges against former U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton who was arrested last month by Troy police.
Third Judicial Circuit judges have voted to select Jennifer L. Hightower and Sarah D. Smith as associate judges, according to an announcement from the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
Sholar Alton attorney Amy Sholar jabbed Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons over a $1,000 per plate fund-raiser being held for him tonight at Porter's Restaurant in Collinsville.
The Madison County Circuit Clerk's office has collected $372, 831 in unpaid traffic fines thanks to a partnership with a collections company, Harris and Harris.
Romani Madison County's Veterans' Court program has hit the 100 percent mark in its success at keeping veterans from re-committing offenses that brought them to the court in the first place.
Wigginton Stephen R. Wigginton, a partner with Weilmuenster & Wigginton in Belleville, has been nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
It was standing room only in courtroom 327 as friends, family and colleagues gathered to watch Wood River attorney Dean Sweet get sworn in as Madison County's newest associate judge.
Kyle Napp sworn in as Madison County Associate Judge "I understand that every court proceeding no matter how big or small is very important to the participants of those proceedings and will give each matter that comes before me the attention and respect it deserves."...Associate Judge Kyle Napp
More than $3 million recovered from a Pontoon Beach drug bust -- the largest cash forfeiture in the history of the Southern District of Illinois -- was doled out to the Pontoon Beach Police Department, Madison County State's Attorney's Office and a federal agency on Wednesday.
