Circuit court has two associate judge vacancies The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — William Mudge, Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois, has given notice of two associate judge vacancies. The vacancies exist because of the election of Associate Judge Stephen A. Stobbs to the circuit court and the resignation of Associate Judge John B. Julian, both which took effective Dec. 7. Applications are being taken from any U.S. citizen who is an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois and a resident of the Third Judicial Circuit of Madison and Bond counties. The a...