11th Judicial Circuit

The Department of Justice released guidance that state and local governments must create fully accessible websites and social media presences to avoid lawsuits related to the American with Disabilities Act.

A longtime associate judge in McLean and Logan counties is retiring. Bill Workman was appointed to the bench in 2014. He'll step down at the end of July.

Four people will be interviewed to fill a circuit judge vacancy in Woodford County. Current Judge Charles Feeney is retiring at the end of July.

Retired Chief Circuit Judge Beth Robb knew she wanted to be a lawyer as early as Junior High School in Macomb. It wasn't easy. She went to Illinois Wesleyan University and on to law school, then came back to Bloomington-Normal and couldn’t get a job

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.