By Ashley Kwasneski In People v. Wear, 2008 WL 2840571 (Ill.Sup.Ct. 2008), the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the defendant’s driving under the influence conviction finding that probable cause existed to place him under arrest while the defendant was still in a public place and that the defendant’s subsequent arrest inside his home was justified by […]
www.southtownstar.com A month and a half after a home exploded in Frankfort, eight homes still are at least temporarily uninhabitable, and there still is not an answer as to what caused the explosion. About 80 residents attended a village meeting on Saturday morning to receive an update from village, fire and Nicor officials on the […]
Herald News By Tony Graf JOLIET – Plans for and Ikea distribution center got the go-ahead from the city council Tuesday. The home furnishings retailer is looking to operate a giant facility at Laraway Road and Rowell Avenue. The center, at almost 1.4 million square feet, will be in the Laraway Crossings Business Park. Ikea […]
The Daily Chronicle By Benji Feldheim Waterman train ride to keep chugging WATERMAN – The Waterman & Western Railroad attraction is going to keep chugging along. After six months of debate, the Waterman Village Board came to an agreement Thursday night on a lease with the attraction’s owner, Pete Robinson, to keep the one-third-scale locomotive […]
BUDWEISER INN LICENSE REVOKED The Daily Journal By Janet Cremer Momence Mayor Jim Saindon, the city’s liquor commissioner, has revoked the liquor license of Scott Billadeau, owner of the controversial Budweiser Inn, Billadeau reported Thursday. Billadeau had voluntarily shut down his bar March 4, ending more than 75 years of the tavern business at the […]
TRAFFIC LAW UPDATE MARCH 3 IN SPRINGFIELD ISBA Bar News and Illinois Courts Bulletin The IBSA Traffic Law and Court Section will conduct a Traffic Law Update on Saturday, March 3, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield. (MCLE accredited 5.75 hours.) Moderators are Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council member J. Brick Van Der […]
VILLAGE’S CERTIFICATION A SIGN OF THE TIMES The Daily Journal By Jon Krenek The signature of Kankakee County Clerk Bruce Clark is all that’s needed for the new Village of Limestone to become official. The final certification of incorporation election results and a petition to appoint an interim village board stalled again in court on […]
JUDGE IN RYAN CASE ENDS JURY INVESTIGATION JUROR SAYS SHE TOLD PALLMEYER THE TRUTH NBC5.com CHICAGO — The federal judge in former Gov. George Ryan’s racketeering and fraud trial said Friday she was satisfied that jurors were not prejudiced by papers brought into the jury room during deliberations and ended a brief inquiry into the […]
ALLERTON HOUSE CONFEREES TO FOCUS ON JURY SYSTEM ISBA.org The 2006 Allerton House Conference on “Reforming the Jury System in Illinois” will be conducted from Thursday to Saturday, April 6-8, at the Starved Rock Resort and Conference Center, Utica. Sponsored by the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, the biennial conference calls together selected […]
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