After more than two years, an investigation into the Madison County Board office and administration is officially over.

Visiting Judge Jerry Crisel of the Second Judicial Circuit in Mount Vernon issued an order Feb. 5 “terminating the prosecution and investigation” and ordering the return of seized items.

This comes after a Jan. 24 hearing in which McGinley Andrew of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, which took over the investigation from the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office in September 2018, said her office has withdrawn and ended the investigation.

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