GLEN CARBON - Randy L. Gori will be posthumously awarded the prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s (ITLA) annual convention on Friday, June 13, 2025. The convention will be held at the Sheraton Grand in Chicago, Illinois. The criteria for the award are as follows: This award is given annually to someone selected by a committee appointed by the president. The recipient is someone who has devoted, as Leonard did, a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, someone who has done more than is called for. Someone who has the standards of Leonard, the work ethics of Leonard and the commitment to ITLA that Leonard had. At the same time, it keeps alive the memory of Leonard Ring. Randy Gori, 47, passed away on January 4, 2020, at his residence. Prior to his death, Gori was a highly regarded trial lawyer and businessman who offered his insight and experience to those who walked alongside him in seeking
This weekend, Donald Trump pulled off something that’s happened exactly once before in US history: federalizing a state’s National Guard over the state governor’s objections without invoking the Insurrection Act. And he did it to deal with what the LAPD itself described as peaceful protests that were “under control.” The constitutional implications here are important. […]
ST. LOUIS - A man is dead and another person was left injured early Tuesday morning after a double shooting in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting took place shortly before 5:50 a.m. on the 5500 block of Labadie Avenue in north St. Louis' Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. A [...]
As torrential rains inundated Kentucky in April, Union County Judge-Executive Adam O’Nan needed labor to fill and distribute sandbags to protect homes and businesses from flooding. After a phone call, local students from the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center stepped up to the task. “They loaded those bags for them and were a tremendous […]
GRANITE CITY – A new comedy show will be playing locally at Patrick’s Bar and Grill following a nearby toy and comic book convention. Following the Midwest Toy and Comic Fest Presents: Side Quest Granite City, Cryptid Comix will be hosting a comedy night at Patrick’s Bar and Grill. This unique show combines art and comedy. Every ticket purchased enters the attendees into a raffle for a chance to win original artwork made by the founder Wesley Riley. Cryptid Comix is proud to showcase the growing central Illinois stand up comedy community by providing opportunities for comedians and audiences alike to enjoy a fun filled night of laughs.
Dr. Eve Espey has many stories she can tell about patients who travel to her clinic in New Mexico from their homes in Texas, where abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the country. In one recent case, Espey said a patient flew from Texas to Albuquerque for an abortion after her doctor […]
Four fires broke out in the Castle Point area of north St. Louis County overnight Tuesday morning, with three suspected to be the result of arson and the fourth potentially caused by something left on a stove.
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