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Kankakee County, Ill. (ECWd) - Kankakee County Board Chairman Andrew Wheeler has resigned from office just prior to a discussion and vote to remove him from office during a Special Board Meeting this morning (See agenda). There have been allegations that Chairman Wheeler, after negotiating a 30-year...
Hancock Co. (ECWd) - West Point, Illinois, is a small municipality located in Hancock County, with a population of around 140 people. After residents and one trustee started questioning the financials, sale of village property, and budget and appropriations ordinance in the village, the President, Clerk, Attorney,...
Robbins, Ill. (ECWd) - On October 1, 2024, the Board of Trustees at the Village of Robbins passes an elected official compensation setting ordinance that violates state law. It is well established that the compensation of elected officials apply to the elective office, not to the office...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - The Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois, received the preliminary audit report from a forensic audit conducted on credit card expenditures between 2019 and 2022 2023 - Owen Costanza was the village president edited to add: (until 2021 - the village policies...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - After the frivolous and unwarranted subpoena (which was later quashed by the court) filed by Shelby County State's Attorney Ruth Woolery against the county's contracted auditor, and after the County Board Chairman and Vice-Chairman both resigned from the board, the contracted...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - After last week's Dolton Village Trustees meeting held at the Dolton Park District by a majority of the board, Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and two trustees filed a lawsuit against three Dolton Trustees and the Dolton Park District in an attempt at...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Edgar County Sheriff's Deputy Toby Krabel resigned from the Sheriff's department the day following his arrest in Vigo County Indiana for allegedly "Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person" with probable cause found on August 7, 2024, indicating that he "refused...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Update: 10-9-2024: Appellate Court's reversing a previous ruling, and now at a Jury trial, Tyler Abbott was acquitted of charges by a Coles County Jury late this morning in Coles County Circuit Court. "Jury returns to open court at 11:52AM with the following verdicts: We,...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE Read our previous articles on this subject (here) JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST PARIS POLICE OFFICERS MATTHEW MC CONNELL AND KEVIN RING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST DISABLED PARIS TEEN Redwood Law Office is proud to announce that, after five years of litigation, the Federal...
