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Charlie Schlenker / WGLT Looters who stormed several local businesses and damaged police cars last summer are facing serious financial and legal consequences for the civil unrest, including restitution of more than $100,000, in cases resolved so far. For the more than 40 alleged looters, the insistence by judges that defendants pay restitution to businesses and the Bloomington and Normal police departments has added massive potential debt to the long-term consequences of their misconduct. The first indication that the felony cases could be subject to harsh punishment came in September wh...

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Fourteen years ago, Clarksville High boys basketball took down Franklin 63-44 in the substate game at William Workman Gymnasium. The Wildcats were hoping that history might repeat itself on Monday, as they welcomed in the Admirals nearly a decade and a half later for another meeting in the sectionals. For the first time since 2012, Clarksville punched a ticket to the state tournament after defeating Franklin 59-53. Clarksville punches its ticket to the @tssaa state tournament. What a game. pic.twitter.com/0wEjRPhpJu “There’s not a lot of firsts at Cla...

As the bleak winter of 1862 dragged on into 1863, the isolated, ramshackle town of Los Angeles was visited by a terrifying scourge — smallpox. With its telltale fever and disfiguring skin rash, the highly infectious disease jumped from adobe to adobe, killing more than 100 people and sickening hundreds of others. If those numbers don't sound like much, remember L.A. had only 4,000 or so souls at the time and the outbreak wiped out half of its indigenous residents. "The city's smallpox wagon, dubbed the 'black Maria,' was a frequent and disheartening sight as it rolled through the streets ca...

MCLEAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT / RALPH WEISHEIT / WGLT McLean County Public Defender Carla Barnes has been appointed as the first Black woman to serve as a circuit judge in Illinois’ 11th Judicial Circuit. Barnes fills the vacancy created by Judge Scott Drazewski’s recent retirement. It’s her second attempt at being appointed to the bench in the circuit that covers McLean, Ford, Livingston, Logan, and Woodford counties. “I started with the public defense's office 19 years ago. I have enjoyed serving our clients as I worked my way up from traffic court to major felonies. During my six year...

Charlie Schlenker / WGLT Two people charged in looting incidents that led to more than 40 arrests last summer in the Twin Cities  lost their bids for a new judge on Monday after a second judge rejected their bias claim against Judge William Yoder. “This is not business as usual,” said McEldowney. Defendants in the looter cases are being treated differently than others accused of felony burglary, said McEldowney, calling Yoder's position “a blanket decision" that amounts to “an abuse of discretion." McLean County prosecutor Aaron Hornsby noted that neither Blake nor Bailey have o...