Courts

A McLean County program that supports abused and neglected children is expanding to Logan County.

In the case of Jadeyn and Cassandra Lacey, Judge Amy McFarland gave a directed verdict of acquittal. According to the Laceys' attorney, those are "very rarely granted."

Broadcast Music, Inc., commonly known as BMI, said they made more than 45 attempts to contact the owners of Six Strings Club, notifying them of copyright violations. Bars and nightclubs are required to license live and recorded music. That includes karaoke and cover bands.

DeWon Griffin was sentenced Monday in McLean County for his role in the 2019 murder of Tariq Houston at a party in Normal.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has backed off a deadline to eject the Illinois Farm Bureau from the federation. That deadline would have been this coming Friday.

A Bloomington woman who sued State Farm for wrongful firing, retaliation, and a hostile workplace environment caused by racism has had part of her case restored after a lower court tossed it out.

McLean County’s new Family Treatment Court accepted its first client and received a $750,000 grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to fund operations.

Seven Illinois State University students will serve 18 months of court supervision for criminal trespassing, following an after-hours sit-in in the campus administration building.

The Illinois Supreme Court has formally appointed a northern Illinois judge to the appellate court for the district that includes McLean County.

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.