Jury selected in retrial of Cecil Sutherland
A Jefferson County jury, seven women and five men with three alternates, was chosen in the murder retrial of Cecil Sutherland for the 1989 abduction rape and murder of 10 year old Amy Schulz of Kell. The case proceeds in St. Clair County on a venue change with opening statements set for May 3.
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Cecil Sutherland
Belleville
Amy Schulz
Kell
Jefferson County
Gary Duncan
Terry Gamber
St. Clair County
Tornado disaster areas declared in four Illinois counties
President Bush designated a federal disaster in LaSalle Putnam Will and Kankakee counties after a tornado struck Utica killing eight at Milestone Tap. Officials toured the hardest hit area with Gov Blagojevich and Sen Durbin as damage widened to Joliet Granville and a mobile home park.
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Utica
Bush
Illinois
LaSalle
Putnam
Will
Kankakee
Mike Brown
Department of Homeland Security
Brown
Rod Blagojevich
Dick Durbin
D-Ill
Joliet
Granville
Hale jury nears verdict after second day of deliberations
Jurors in white supremacist Matthew Hale's trial finish a second day of deliberations without a verdict. They previously asked for clarification on murder solicitation. Hale denies soliciting murder and claims FBI entrapment. Deliberations resume Monday.
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Hale
Chicago
Matthew Hale
U.S
Joan Humphrey Lefkow
World Church of the Creator
FBI
Anthony Evola
Jon Fox
Chamber sues state over fee increases in Illinois
The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce sued the state in Cook County Circuit Court challenging last year’s fee hikes aimed at balancing the budget. The suit names Governor Office of Management and Budget Director John Filan State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka Illinois Industrial Commission Chair Dennis Ruth and Acting Director Deirdre Manna as defendants. The chamber argues the new Illinois Industrial Commission Operations Fund surcharge and other fees function as taxes and divert funds to general revenue. The chamber cites the IIC fee’s projected $31 million revenue versus a $14 million 2004 budget and says many fees haven’t risen in 30 years. Public officials defend the hikes as necessary and note schools and health care rely on general revenue.
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Springfield
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Cook County
John Filan
Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Judy Baar Topinka
Illinois Industrial Commission
Dennis Ruth
Illinois Department of Insurance
Deirdre Manna
General Assembly
Whitley
Illinois
Industrial Commission
Commission
IIC
General Revenue Fund
Becky Carroll
State Chamber
Sangamon County
State Environmental Protection Agency
Carroll
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Sutherland
Illinois Supreme Court
Duncan
John Carroll
Associated Press
Stowner
Lincoln
Polk
Ford Credit
AARP
Mercury
Jim Collins
Starved Rock
Collins
Bill Burke
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Autumn Rose Lucas
Chamber
State
Jennifer
Wig
Lee
Net
Mile Marker Tours
Yan
URC
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