Chicago companies offer hiring bonuses amid labor shortage chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hampshire sentencing set next week
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
FacebookTwitterEmail
Hampshire
EDWARDSVILLE Sentencing for an Alton woman who has pleaded guilty in the death of her 14-year-old daughter from diabetes is set for next week.
Amber Hampshire pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in early October. In exchange for her plea, a count of endangering the life and health of a child was dropped. She has been free on bail since the plea was accepted.
Sentencing has been delayed several times and is now set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11 in the Madison County Criminal Justice Center before Circuit Judge Kyle Napp.
State s attorney seeks to seize cash, vehicles from two police stops
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
FacebookTwitterEmail
EDWARDSVILLE Motions to seize more than a quarter-million dollars and several vehicles related to alleged money laundering have been filed by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The filings also provide additional information about the incidents that led to the seizures. Paperwork to seize the vehicles and cash were filed April 29, and orders finding probable cause were also signed that day.
Both cases started with traffic stops by Illinois State Police troopers taken over by the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois.
Courthouse event draws attention to child abuse and need for volunteers to help victims Attendees of CASA Kane County s Hands Around the Courthouse event hold pinwheels outside the Kane County Courthouse in Geneva on Thursday. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Media CASA Kane County Board Member Jennifer Fisher, center, observes a moment of silence during the organization s Hands Around the Courthouse event Thursday in Geneva. It marked the close of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Media Kane County Undersheriff Patrick Gengler addresses attendees at an event Thursday in Geneva observing National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Media