John Carlton Parkhurst "Parky", of Peoria, passed away last month in Peoria. Mr. Parkhurst graduated from Wabash College and served in the Army Air Forces from 1942-1945, earning the Bronze Star. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1948.
He will forever be remembered as the "Father of Home Rule," creating the powers of local government later used by the City of Peoria to finance the Peoria Civic Center. He also served as Assistant Illinois Attorney General in charge of pollution prosecution and consumer fraud from 1969-1972. He retired from politics undefeated and returned to Peoria to raise his family and pursue his legal career.
Click here to read the full obituary in the Peoria Journal Star.
Central Illinois
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November 11, 2009 |
People
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November 11, 2009
Central Illinois
- Judge rules in favor of Villa Grove boy's service dog, Champaign News-Gazette
- Man charged in bomb plot will undergo tests, Springfield State-Journal Register
Chicago area
- Dugan gets death sentence for Nicarico murder, Daily Herald
- Spire developer accuses B of A of overcharging interest, Chicago Business
Southern Illinois
- Durbin visits Madison County veterans court, hints of funding, Belleville News-Democrat
- Attorney is no show at Venezia wrongful death suit status conference, Madison Record
Nation
- Justice O'Connor's husband dies at 79, ABA Journal
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November 11, 2009 |
Events | People
[caption id="attachment_5589" align="alignright" width="300" caption="ISBA 3rd Vice President John Thies (standing, fifth from right) and ISBA President John O'Brien (seated, center) meet with the Champaign County Bar Association Board of Governors on Tuesday night."][/caption] Illinois State Bar Association President John O'Brien and ISBA 3rd Vice President John Thies attended a dinner with the Champaign County Bar Association Board of Governors on Tuesday night.
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November 10, 2009 |
ISBA News | Practice News
[caption id="attachment_5578" align="alignright" width="144" caption="April Troemper"][/caption] Cynthia Cobbs, Director of Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that April Troemper received a majority of the votes cast by the circuit judges in the Seventh Judicial Circuit and is declared appointed to the office of associate judge. Ms. Troemper, a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors, received her undergraduate degree in 1995 from Eastern Illinois University and her Juris Doctor in 1998 from Southern Illinois University. Ms. Troemper is currently affiliated with the law firm Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran in Springfield.
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November 9, 2009
Central Illinois
- Framed for child porn, by a sinister PC virus, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Battle over NU journalism students' notes heads to court, Chicago Tribune
- Judge: Tell her the name of Hipcheck16, Chicago Tribune
- Bond stays high in McHenry Co. pot arrest, Daily Herald
- Antioch teacher denies sex assault charges, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Maag chastised by judge over use of crude language in assault case, Madison Record
- So. Ill. couple to stand trial in drug-induced death of 5-year-old, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
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November 5, 2009
Central Illinois
- Dirty until proven clean: Are forfeiture laws fair?, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Roselle man who killed wife in crash back in court, Daily Herald
- Cibulskis named an attorney to watch, Aurora Beacon News
State
- Illinois abortion notification law gets delay, then OK, Chicago Tribune
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November 3, 2009
Central Illinois
- Former prosecutor to serve on defense team in Beason murder case, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Dugan: "I don't care about dying. "I'll have an early release", Daily Herald
- Borsellio wins $11M in suit vs. former NYSE Prez Putnam, Chicago Business
- Partial settlement OKd from DuPage golf course fire, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Man deemed mentally unfit for murder trial, The Southern
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November 2, 2009
Central Illinois
- Lawyer: DNA tests to allow Snow to amend petition for new trial, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Courtroom gesture earns McHenry Co. man 6-month jail term, Daily Herald
- Neumann Homes sues towns to recover fees, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Judge to decide whether Joyce Meyer should be party to Coleman civil suit, Belleville News-Democrat
State
- Ill. abortion notification law to take effect, Daily Herald
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October 30, 2009
Central Illinois
- Defendants give different accouts of 2006 attack, Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago area
- Judge allows testimony about Dugan's brain deficiencies, Chicago Tribune
- Jail cook indicted in pot-smuggling scheme, Chicago Tribune
- Drinker Biddle lays off 22 associates, plans to eliminate lockstep, ABA Journal
- Jimmy John's sued over Turkey Tom sandwich, Chicago Tribune
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October 29, 2009
Central Illinois
- Prosecutors: al-Qaida sleeper agent should get 15 years, Chicago Tribune
- Judge grants bond reduction to woman in Beason case, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Tazewell approves settlement with injured jail inmate, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Elmhurst man accused of running $28 million Ponzi scheme, Chicago Tribune
- Bond set at $3 million for fugitive in Hanover Park standoff, Daily Herald
- Woman gets prison for drug test trickery, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Government to mark 100th anniversary of East St. Louis Federal Courthouse, Belleville News-Democrat
- Judge sentences Baron and Budd attorney to week in jail for "grandstanding," The Madison Record