Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - A Federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been filed in the Central District of Illinois naming Tad Mayhall in his individual capacity and Shelby County as Defendants, alleging violations of the federal civil rights of John Kraft. Statement from Robert T. Hanlon, the...
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. This is according...
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 of False...
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 with the...
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 case was...
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 a "mandamus"...
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 referendum petitions...
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 village...
Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) - As suspected, Objectors filed their objections to the petitions asking for a referendum question to abandon electing Rantoul Village Trustees by district. Just as in 2023, the "bottom line" of the petition objection rests in the fact that the referendum is premature according...
Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) - Once again, some resident in Rantoul, Illinois have signed, and Terry Workman filed petition sheets for what we would consider a premature referendum which seeks to thwart the newly formed district village trustee government's ability to "operate free from the instability, unrest...
