Lawyer from Clinton appointed to replace retiring circuit judge

CHICAGO – A Clinton lawyer has been named to fill the seat of former DeWitt County Judge Stephen Peters.

Peters retired from the state Supreme Court's 6th Judicial Circuit July 31.

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