The Fifth District Court of Illinois on Tuesday ruled to uphold the temporary restraining order against the ban for 866 plaintiffs in an Effingham County lawsuit.
Alderman Joe Vacarro says local groups like Big Brothers Big Sisters, Pianos for People, and Gene Slay's Boys & Girls Club will get more than $50,000 each.
The lawyers for 58-year-old Leonard Taylor say sworn statements provide convincing evidence he didn’t kill his girlfriend and her three children in 2004.
The Missouri Supreme Court found Philip Prewitt abused his position as a judge by threatening to reveal details of affairs a political challenger's husband had.
Attorney Kent Gipson had asked St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to request a hearing on Taylor's claim that he was out of state at the time.