Edgar - Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - United States Army Recruiter Bryan Marine out of Effingham County, Illinois, has been charged in both Edgar and Coles Counties on numerous alleged sex crimes against minors. We understand he is currently being held in the Coles County Jail. Coles County...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - A hearing was scheduled for a motion to intervene on the county farm sale TRO case. Once again no motions were heard and the can was kicked down the road to another hearing scheduled for November 13, 2024. Rob Hanlon, the former...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - Champaign County is facing an electioneering complaint regarding the attempt to pass a public safety tax increase, doubling that specific tax.  Two prior articles on the issues being raised can be viewed here and here. The county has spent over $22,000.00 promoting the...
Iroquois Co., Ill. (ECWd) - A Freedom of Information Act request for search warrants and subpoenas sent to the Iroquois County Public Health Department in 2022 resulted in the court sealing those records the same day of our request. The request was in relation to the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For at least the last two years in Shelby County, the subject of ARPA money being spent has been discussed to include the deadlines of December 31, 2024, for the funds to be obligated and December 31, 2026, for final expenditure. During a...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHAMPAIGN STATE’S ATTORNEY OFFICE CLAIMS PROHIBITION ON SPENDING TAX DOLLARS TO ADVOCATE FOR REFERENDA ON BALLOT IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE October 21, 2024 MAHOMET, IL - Today Mahomet Resident John Bambenek released the following statement on the State’s Attorneys office filing an...
Champaign, Co. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2024 MAHOMET, IL - Today Mahomet Resident John Bambenek filed the attached demand for a special prosecutor to investigate Champaign County Government is skirting bidding requirements to use public dollars to campaign for a sales tax increase on the...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - The Dolton Trustees who were served with a frivolous lawsuit by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton Trustees Stanley Brown and Andrew Holmes have filed a Motion for Rule 137 Sanctions against Plaintiff Henyard and her attorney for the following alleged violations...
Shelby C0., Ill. (ECWd) - Shelby County, Illinois, held an emergency meeting this week in order to elect a new County Board Chairman and Vice Chairman. During the public comment portion of the meeting, county board member Jeremy Williams spoke about a complaint lodged against him alleging...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Yesterday's hearing on the frivolous lawsuit filed by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, seeking an order that all future meetings of the Village of Dolton Board of Trustees be held at village hall, to prohibit the Dolton Park District from permitting meetings on...
