ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Former Arcola Mayoral Candidate Sharilyn Kibler failed to appear in Douglas County Circuit Court last week on a Criminal Misdemeanor (Class A) charge of Resisting a Peace Officer. A warrant for her arrest was issued on Aug 10, 2021, and was returned...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board met last night and once again it appears the circus acts have grown. [caption id="attachment_73354" align="alignnone" width="160"] Board Member Lynn Williams[/caption] During a very brief and unproductive discussion about the $34,297.01 in improperly obtained insurance benefits, deemed as fraud by...
Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - During the 4 hour and 15 minute Shelby County Board Meeting on August 12, 2021, the board considered and voted on two items not listed properly on the meeting agenda. They voted to appoint the State's Attorney as Grant Accountability and...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - A Motion For Sanctions and a Motion To Dismiss was filed on August 1-, 2021, by the defendant in Norton's latest frivolous lawsuit (we wrote about the lawsuit here). In this Motion by Defendant McCubbin: This complaint was filed by Norton and...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - August 5, 2021, the Shelby County Insurance Committee met to discuss Health Insurance, Family Health Insurance plan options, and recommendation to be presented to the county board regarding a former employee. Where to start is a tuff one. The short version is the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have encouraged public officials to enforce the rule of law. So what does the average citizen do when the actions of their public officials lead to violations of law and expense to the taxpayers state-wide? Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In an April 26, 2021, Opinion, the Appellate Court determined that the City of Bloomington violated the Open Meetings Act on February 20, 2017, when it went into closed session for one hour and twenty-seven minutes to discuss terminating an Intergovernmental Agreement...
MADISON COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - ***PRESS RELEASE*** Â Former County Officials File Civil Conspiracy and Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Madison County Chief Judge Bill Mudge, Sheriff John Lakin, Treasurer Chris Slusser, Circuit Clerk Tom McRare and Other Current and Former County Officials. Â EDWARDSVILLE - Former Madison County Administrator Doug Hulme...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Paris and Paris Police Officers Matthew McConnell and Travis Vice were sued on August 1, 2020, in federal Court alleging civil rights violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of Richard Davis and his minor child. Allegations from the Complaint: ...
Clinton County, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit was filed today in Clinton County, Illinois, naming Governor Pritzker and Dr. Carmen Ayala, Director of the Illinois State Board of Education, as defendants. Jeremy Pates, a parent, is Plaintiff. The essence of this suit is a challenge to Governor...
