Don’t Miss This: Judge convicted of drug, weapons crimes released from prison

Don’t miss these top stories Friday on BND.com:

▪  Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook has been released from prison where he was being held since May 2014 on drug and weapons convictions. He’s currently in a halfway house in St. Louis.

▪  Twice-convicted felon Bob Romanik, who was found guilty of lying to a grand jury 150 times in 1997, wants to represent metro-east residents in Springfield. He’s filed to run as a Republican for the 114th District seat being vacated by Eddie Lee Jackson.

▪  Check out this photo gallery of Belleville East students wrapping gifts for a family the school’s Octagon Club adopted for Christmas.

This story was originally published December 4, 2015 at 9:39 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Judge convicted of drug, weapons crimes released from prison."