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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.
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Stephany Flores-Ramirez faces four felony counts of aggravated driving under the influence after the SUV carrying her son as a passenger crossed into oncoming traffic; 8-year-old Raymundo Bucio Flores did not survive.
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Checks are going out in a $65 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company. Attorneys had accused State Farm in a federal court in Missouri of overcharging on policies.
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The state of Illinois will receive about $29 million from a nationwide settlement announced in a lawsuit over potentially cancer-causing baby powder.
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An Illinois State University graduate, Raylene DeWitte Grischow, is the newest appellate judge in Central Illinois.
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The state of Illinois has suspended the law license of a Bloomington attorney for misappropriating money from insurance cases and neglecting clients.
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The U.S. Justice Department and a Central Illinois credit union, CEFCU, have settled a complaint over the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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A 58-year-old Farmer City man has pleaded guilty to swindling boat owners and banks out of about $4.7 million.
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The changes come after the Illinois Supreme Court convened a five-person task force in January to address an “unprecedented and unsustainable” load on the courts tasked with reviewing whether lower court judges applied the law correctly.
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Mayor Chis Koos said the $5.4 million settlement to end Alan Beaman's civil lawsuit against the town and its police over a wrongful murder conviction is solely related to risk.