Christian Co. (ECWd) - We covered the Assumption Alderman and Fire Protection District Fire Chief Herbert Palmer and his wife, Angela Palmer's, arrest last month in this article. After that publication, along with this follow-up article, local social media posts rushed to defend these officials. We requested the...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Nicholas Banning almost died while incarcerated at the Shelby County Jail during the term of former Sheriff Koonce. We first exposed the lawsuit brought by Banning in this article. We reported on the settlement of the lawsuit in this article that indicated...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We can now confirm a second criminal Federal Grand Jury subpoena was issued to the Administration of the Professional Development Alliance, an entity created through an agreement with the former Grundy-Kendall County Regional Office of Education and former Will County Regional Office...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - According to the Federal Court docket, Shelby County, along with its contracted health care provider for the jail, Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc., has settled the lawsuit brought by former jail inmate Nicholas Banning. A "Stipulation to Dismiss" was filed in the case...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Once again, Shelby County was given a chance to be a leader, but instead, excuses appear to be the preferred path rather than simply fixing a simple issue. During some research on an unrelated project, I read two interesting provisions in the Counties...
Christian Co. (ECWd) - Over the weekend, we published this article regarding an Assumption Alderman and his wife, who were arrested according to the police report. To our surprise, social media exploded with comments ranging from defending them to claims that we are exploiting them by publishing...
Coles Co - (ECWd) Today, we attended the case status hearing for Jerry Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee and father of now convicted felon and former trustee Kiley Willison, who was sentenced last Friday as covered in this article. Of interest in today's hearing was...
Christian Co., Ill. (ECWd) - While we field numerous complaints about some alleged financial issues in the City of Assumption, Illinois, an alderman and city fire fighter and his wife, the city treasurer, get arrested and charged just after 2 am May 4th, 2025. Herbert Palmer was...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Attorney General Public Access Office issued a determination noting that the Shelby County Public Safety Committee, which was chaired by the current county board chair, Tad Mayhall at the time, violated the Open Meetings Act. While Mayhall basically admitted the violation,...
Coles-Douglas Co. (ECWd) - The former Oakland Fire Protection District trustee, Kiley Willison, was sentenced today on a single Class 1 Felon charge while 10 other charges were dropped. This entire process, from our first Freedom of Information Act submission that resulted in the resignation of...
