Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Regardless of the propaganda pushed on local social media, members of the past board understood the importance of reading and following the applicable laws. Some of those people learned that on their own, and others from actually listening to what we have...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - UPDATE:Â The Counties Code for the Coroner has a statutory minimum. "Sec. 4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000. Â Â Â Â (a) The County Board, in all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, shall fix the compensation of Coroners within the limitations fixed by...
McDonough Co., Ill. (ECWd) McDonough County Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout has been ordered to reinstate deputy Evan Schmalshof with full back pay and benefits. Schmalshof filed a grievance against Petigout and the matter was arbitrated and ruled on last week. In short, Schmalshof did not lie nor violate policy...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Shelby County Board member Austin Prichard had numerous items on the agenda for purchase approval for the Shelby County Dive Team which Prichard is also the Commander (Department Head) of. In a previous article, we covered the alleged conflict of interest involved...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Ruth Woolery, appointed a Special Assistant State's Attorney related to four child sex-related cases. A copy of the appointment documentation was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act process. (Appointment Letter at this link). Once again, we...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Dive Commander, Austin Prichard, has refused to provide a roster of the members of the dive team after it was requested by the forensic auditors. We understand there are now two separate FOIA denials being reviewed by the Attorney...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery has requested a legal opinion from the Attorney General's Opinions Bureau on the questions of conflict of interest. The basic questions raised: “Is it a conflict of interest for the commander of a volunteer dive rescue team,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Last Tuesday the Shelby County Farm Sale TRO case had yet another hearing in which neither the county chairman nor the county board have legal representation. That fact should concern everyone. During the hearing, the judge indicated that the attorneys, State's Attorney Woolery...
Jasper Co. (ECWd) - Good governance is a learning process in which few are truly willing to take the time to learn. After our first article on Yale, at this link, the appointed officials began their schooling. I attended the meeting in order to provide numerous key...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - According to the judicial docket entry for Shelby County, the Judge opened the single bid received for the sale of the farm and did so in the presence of Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds and Shelbyville Police Chief Brachbill. The court ordered the...
