Lakin Case timeline

Tom Lakin loses law license

Once the most powerful lawyer in southern Illinois, Lowell Thomas Lakin has voluntarily given up his license to practice law in... Read more

Tom Lakin pleads guilty, sentenced to six years in prison

U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert sentenced Tom Lakin to six years in prison this morning after Lakin plead guilty to drug charges. "This is a... Read more

Ricki Jones Pleads Guilty

Rick Jones (left) and Tom Lakin are cover models in a 2005 calendar "Real Men of the Riverbend." The background --Deer Park in Wood River -- was... Read more