11th Judicial Circuit

Judges in the 11th Judicial Circuit in central Illinois have chosen Livingston County State's Attorney Randy Yedinak to fill a vacant associate judge's position.

Judge Casey Costigan of Bloomington will become the new chief judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit next year, replacing Mark Fellheimer, whose term expires Dec. 31. Costigan has served as a circuit judge since 2014 when he was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court.

McLean County and the rest of the 11th Judicial Circuit have been awarded nearly $32,000 in grant funds.

McLean County circuit court and all the other courts in the state are scrambling to meet an end-of-year deadline to implement the controversial Safe-T Act criminal justice reform bill. The end of cash bail is one of the well-known provisions of the law, but there are a lot more pieces of it that will have big effects.

McLean County States Attorney Don Knapp announced Thursday he is running for circuit judge in McLean County on the Republican ticket next year.

McLean County associate judge Amy McFarland officially announced her campaign for circuit judge for the 11th Judicial Circuit.

McLean County Public Defender Carla Barnes has been appointed as the first Black woman to serve as a circuit judge in Illinois’ 11th Judicial…

After more than two decades as a judge in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Scott Drazewski left the bench in Courtroom 5A for the last time on Dec. 31,…

Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Scott Drazewski will retire Dec. 31 after 23 years on the bench, according to a statement Monday from Illinois State…

The Illinois Supreme Court has named two Bloomington attorneys to associate judge positions.One of them, Scott Kording, currently works for the firm of…