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CHAMPAIGN — She was thrown into the deep end right away. Forty years later, Mary Schenk is still swimming like a champ.
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CHAMPAIGN — She was thrown into the deep end right away. Forty years later, Mary Schenk is still swimming like a champ.
Consider the following scenario from an Illinois courtroom.
The Fourth District Appellate Court affirmed Sangamon County Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin’s order dismissing a lawsuit challenging the controversial judicial subcircuit law, finding that the Illinois Constitution does not prohibit the legislature from eliminating countywide judicial elections.
A former Clark County, Illinois, farmer twice convicted of killing his wife has been released from an Illinois prison.
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