Thursday, May 17, 2012
A new court designed to specifically serve the needs of military veterans was created Wednesday.
Marco Vizcaino served parts of two years in Iraq. A new court created in Will County can help him avoid doing up to three years in prison on a drug charge. "All the things are coming together here like a perfect storm," State's Attorney James Glasgow said as he submitted a petition to Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes to establish a specialized veterans and servicemembers court in Will County. Policandriotes approved the petition and accepted Vizcaino as its fist applicant. Vizcaino, 31, was up on a class 4 felony drug charge. He also has a case in DuPage County for the alleged "attempt to foil or defeat (a) screen test by spiking or substitution." Glasgow said he would be in touch with the DuPage County state's attorney to see if the …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, May 13
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. In a week foreshadowing drama to come in this legislative session’s final weeks, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill requiring retired government workers to pay for their health insurance. Meanwhile, Chicago's mayor weighed in on the state's pension crisis, a state representative accused of bribery proclaimed his innocence and a College Illinois! employee was accused of insider investing. House, Senate pass retiree health care payment bill Illinois pays more than $800 million annually for the health care of state retirees, 90 percent of whom pay nothing toward their health-…
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
In a statement, Manley asks for privacy: "Many parents have had to learn how to love their kids while not enabling inappropriate behavior," candidate says.
Updated at 4:38 a.m. May 9. A local Democratic contender for a new Illinois House of Representatives seat is facing a domestic battery charge. Natalie Manley, 50, a Joliet accountant and candidate in the 98th District race, was arrested Tuesday by Joliet police at her home in the 3100 block of Ingalls Avenue. Police said the arrest stemmed from a dispute Manley had with her 21-year-old daughter. The younger woman reportedly told police she had lost her cell phone and was unable to let her mother know she would be home late. When the 21-year-old did return to the apartment she shares with Manley at around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police said she was attacked by her mother, who “punched, kicked, knocked her to the ground, struck her in the face [and…
Sunday, May 6, 2012
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers took another step toward eliminating the long-scrutinized legislative scholarship program, and state retirees protested a proposed reduction in the amount the state pays for their continued health insurance coverage. Senate committee votes to end legislative scholarship program Illinois’ controversial legislative scholarship program is one step closer to extinction, after the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to eliminate it. House Bill 3810, which would end the program next year, now moves to the Senate for a vote. …
Monday, April 30, 2012
A Shorewood man working as an investigator for the Cook County State's Attorney quit his plush job after the Better Government Association and Fox confronted him about hanging out on the clock in a cigar shop.
Shorewood resident and retired Chicago cop Robert L. Thomas was making $78,000 a year as an invesitgator with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office — until he quit after hidden cameras caught him spending his work days in a Bridgeport cigar shop, reports the Huffington Post. "An investigation by the Better Government Association and FOX Chicago News found Robert L. Thomas — a retired Chicago cop hired by the state’s attorney’s office in 1997 — spent large parts of his days hanging out at Gianni Cigars Etc. at 31st and Canal when he was supposed to be working. (When the shop moved a couple of blocks away this month, he started showing up there, too.)," the Huffington Post story said. But Thomas' days in the smoke are over — or at least …
A Shorewood gynecologist who pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge earlier this year lost his license for 90 days.
The Shorewood doctor arrested last year on identity theft and drug charges lost his license for 90 days. Thomas Heggen, 56, was jailed in July 2011. He pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of a controlled substance earlier this year. In exchange for the guilty plea, a charge of identity theft and two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud were dropped. Heggen was sentenced to two years probation. At his bond hearing in July, prosecutors spoke of going after his medical license. Heggen held onto his license but the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation suspended it for three months. The suspension was announced today. The IDFPR also put Heggen on an indefinite probation that will last at least …
The 3-year-old lawsuit is going before a judge today and may start heating up soon.
The lawsuit filed by the parents of a Plainfield girl who was allegedly injured while sledding in Four Seasons Park is set to go before a judge this morning. Jessica Mahon suffered her injuries more than four years ago and her parents sued the Village of Shorewood in January 2009. Jessica's parents, John and Kristy Mahon, claim in the lawsuit that their daughter sustained "serious personal and pecuniary injuries" in the January 2008 sledding mishap. The attorney defending Shorewood against the lawsuit, Kevin Yusman, said he believes Jessica fractured her nose and chipped some teeth when she crashed into a sign at the bottom of the Four Seasons Park sled hill. Yusman could not confirm or deny whether the sign warned people not to sled down …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
What was going on in Shorewood last week?
What does Jersey Shore have to do with Shorewood? Why does something always have to do with something else? We don't know. Let's just look at what happened last week. That problem AT&T U-verse customers were having with the village's website was straightened out. The village bought some new cars for the police department. The police arrested a couple young men on drug charges. House Hunt! The big village-wide garage sale started.
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, April 29
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. SPRINGFIELD — An indicted state lawmaker failed to show for an investigative hearing by his colleagues in the House of Representatives, and an audit revealed extensive problems with how Illinois processes, investigates and awards workers’ compensation payouts to state workers. Smith a no-show for investigative committee hearing Indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith on Thursday did not attend the second hearing of a special legislative committee charged with investigating criminal allegations against him. The committee is trying to determine if the Illinois House should move forward…
Friday, April 27, 2012
The state announced it pulled the license of a Shorewood insurance man for fraud.
A Shorewood insurance man lost his license for committing fraud, according to a statement released Friday afternoon. Kevin Whitney had been licensed to sell life, health, fire, casualty and variable insurance since March 14, 2008, according to the statement from the Illinois Department of Insurance, but lost that license for issuing a "a fraudulent certificate of insurance and (failing) to facilitate and aid the director in the investigation." The revocation of Whitney's license was made effective Dec. 15. The decision against Whitney requires him to pay $95.00 in hearing costs and a $10,000.00 civil forfeiture.
Butch
7:54 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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