Jerseyville, Ill. (ECWd) – Jersey County Treasurer Katie Abbey has been under investigation by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit since at least October of 2024, after allegations surfaced of her misappropriation of public funds. The criminal investigation is still ongoing at this time.
Jerseyville, Ill. (ECWd) – Jersey County Treasurer Katie Abbey has been under investigation by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit since at least October of 2024, after allegations surfaced of her misappropriation of public funds. The criminal investigation is still ongoing at this time.
Maryland, USA (ECWd) – Thomas C. Goldstein, founder and publisher of SCOTUSblog.com, was indicted today in Maryland Federal Court. The 50-page, 22-Count Indictment alleges the following: Four Counts of Tax Evasion for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021 Ten Counts of Aiding and Assisting the Preparation
Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) – The Village of Rantoul Electoral Board held a petition objection hearing on January 13, 2025, to hear objections to the petitions filed for a referendum to eliminate electing village trustees by district. In our previous article on this years’ referendum, as
Champaign Co., Ill. (ECWd) – In December of 2022, the Mahomet Township Supervisor, Aaron Wheeler, and Township Clerk, David Parsons, filed a Complaint against seven township residents because they were critical of Mahomet Township government and filed FOIA requests (see previous article here). The entire
South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) – The embattled and failing Thornton Township Supervisor, Tiffany Henyard, has filed another complaint against two Thornton Township trustees, which complains of some of the same actions Tiffany Henyard herself has participated in – not attending public meetings. The complaint is
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Shelby Co. (ECWd) – In 2019, former County Board Chairman David Cruitt signed this resolution establishing additional duties to the County Treasurer to include Human Resources, new employee paperwork, FMLA paperwork, Managing IMRF as the authorized agent for Shelby County, oversee the Health Insurance for
Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) – The Village of Rantoul Electoral Board will meet at village hall on January 13, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. According to the agenda, the Electoral Board will adopt the rules of procedure, hear public comment, and then hear the objection to the
Dalzell, Ill. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) has issued a determination that the Dalzell Fire Protection District violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) when the majority of a quorum of fire protection district trustees met with the mayor of the
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – Shelby County Board Farm Committee Chairman Carol Cole placed cash renting the county farm on the agenda for tonight’s farm committee meeting. This will continue to be a contentious issue moving into 2025. *** Some history on issues with the
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) – During last night’s Village of Rochester special meeting, Mayor Suerdieck refused to provide the public with any details of the settlement agreement. We had reported yesterday in this article, that the taxpayers were going to be on the hook for an
