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24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL IL State Bar Association President comments on cameras in court
After the Illinois Supreme Court announced the allowance of news cameras in trail courtrooms in Boone and Winnebago Counties, the president of the Illinois State Bar Association discussed what impact the decision may have on the trial process.
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Ex-Dixon official pleads not guilty in theft case - Morris Daily Herald
... charge that she looted more than $53 million from the small northwestern Illinois town over the last 22 years. At the arraignment in federal court in Rockford, prosecutors said they have amassed more than 11,000 pages of documents in their ...
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Senate confirms new federal judge for Illinois - 13 WREX-TV
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new federal judge for the state of Illinois. John "Jay" Tharp will fill a judicial vacancy in the Northern District of Illinois. The former captain in the Marines has worked in the U.S. attorney's office ...
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Court strikes blow to Illinois eavesdropping law - Oshkosh Northwestern
CHICAGO (WTW) — In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work. It was a victory for activists who had feared that using ...
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL 8-Year-Sentence for Robbery
Vivica Thomas pleaded guilty to Robbery and was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Rosemary Collins to 8 years in the Illinois Department of Correction.
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Cameras in The Courtroom Approved in Illinois
Soon we'll be able to start showing you video from inside the courtroom in trials like that one.
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Sandburg's men's basketball team adds two - Galesburg Register-Mail
A three-year varsity starter, Hubbard was team captain, team MVP and an all-Northern Illinois Conference ... guard who sees the court very well. We are excited that he has decided to attend Carl Sandburg.” Juwan Hubbard of Rockford Guilford High School ...
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Illinois county sues mortgage lenders, claiming fraud - Rockford Register-Star
BELLEVILLE — An Illinois prosecutor is suing 22 local and national banks ... these same banks brought foreclosure proceedings en masse based on deceptive and fraudulent court submissions, seeking to take homes away from people with little regard for ...
24, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Rita Crundwell, financial officer who allegedly stole millions of dollars from Illinois city, to be
(CBS/AP) ROCKFORD ... Illinois city of Dixon, is slated to appear in court to face charges that accuse her of stealing tens of millions of dollars from the community. Crundwell is expected to enter a plea at her arraignment Monday. A federal ...
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Gov. Quinn to bail out child care program - 13 WREX-TV
With the fiscal year almost over, a program that subsidizes child care for working parents is out of money, but the Illinois Senate and Governor Pat Quinn are trying to change that. Thanks to an unopposed Illinois Senate vote, over $73 million will be ...
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Menard guards wrongly paid workers' compensation - 13 WREX-TV
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - In a little noted appearance before the Illinois House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, the director of the Department of Corrections said millions of dollars in workers compensation payments to Menard prison guards were ...
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Chief Justice Kilbride Calls for Big Change in Probation - WIFR
From earlier.... ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The typical probation officer in Winnebago County handles about 180 cases: that's double the state standard. Now, the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court wants to help make their jobs easier. The Illinois ...
22, May 2012 - Feds: Illinois city official actually stole $53M - Middletown Journal
At the same time, the indictment seeks criminal forfeiture of two residences, a horse farm in Dixon and a home in Florida. It also seeks a $ ... in U.S. District Court in Rockford. Crundwell's attorney was not in his office Tuesday and in a ...
22, May 2012 - William R. Nash 'enjoyed challenge of being judge'
ROCKFORD — William Nash was a U.S. Army World War II veteran, a two-term Winnebago County state’s attorney, a circuit judge, an Illinois Appellate Court judge and an avid golfer who got his first hole-in-one at the age of 80.
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Illinois teacher who altered grades accused of forgery - Rockford Register-Star
Glashagel pleaded guilty to misdemeanor computer tampering in February and was sentenced to a year's probation. Glashagel has an unlisted telephone number and couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday. DEKALB — A school teacher convicted of computer ...
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Federal court blocks Illinois eavesdropping law - Rockford Register-Star
CHICAGO — A federal court in Chicago has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Illinois' controversial eavesdropping law. The law makes it a felony to make an audio recording of a conversation unless all parties agree and sets out a ...
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Feds: Illinois city official actually stole $53M - 13 WREX-TV
(AP) - Federal prosecutors say in an indictment that a former financial officer for the small northern Illinois city of Dixon stole millions ... will be arraigned May 7 in U.S. District Court in Rockford. The theft stunned the small city of 16,000 people.
22, May 2012 - Rockford, IL Cities: Legislation needed to reform police, fire relations - News-Gazette
Municipal league officials cite Rockford as an example in which the arbitrator ... that it skews what legislators originally intended. In 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court determined the benefit, known as the Public Safety Employee Benefits ...
05, Jan 2012 - Rockford, IL State says Rockford abortion clinic can reopen
An Illinois abortion clinic that’s been closed since September because of health and safety violations can reopen under a settlement signed Wednesday, according to an attorney for Northern Illinois Women’s Center in Rockford.
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