Will Co. (ECWd) - Too little, too late. When former Attorney General Lisa Madigan was in office, we routinely saw the Public Access Counselor's (PAC) office issue clear language determinations regarding the Open Meetings Act (OMA), and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violations. The same cannot be...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Hypocrisy is the word that comes to mind for the unilateral action taken by Shelby County Chairman Tad Mayhall and the current lease for the farming of the county farm ground. During the prior board's process of selling the farm, a resolution was...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board Chairman has failed to address the Dive Team Forensic Audit during a public meeting for months. As it stands, that Audit has not been approved and is considered a "Draft" until the board takes action. We recall that the...
Jefferson Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We requested certain records from the Jefferson County Sheriff after news of the arrest of Nason, Illinois, Mayor Michelle McKinney. Initially, they only provided us with the mug shot and said they would not provide the other requested records until their...
Jefferson Co. (ECWd) - Statement from the Jefferson County Sheriff: "April 16, 2025, at 10:56:42 AM CDT Yesterday afternoon, 48-year-old Michelle L. McKinney of Nason, IL was arrested for the felony crimes of Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and Obstructing Justice. The arrest was a result of a...
Jefferson Co. (ECWd) - We reported yesterday on the arrest of the Nason, Illinois, Mayor Michelle McKinney, being arrested, muzzled, and stuffed in this article. According to local reporting from the Southern Illinois Watchdogs, Sheriff Jeff Ballard released a statement that confirmed the arrest. He indicated it...
Jefferson Co. (ECWd) - The outgoing Mayor of Nason, Illinois, Michelle McKinney, was allegedly arrested today for matters unrelated to Village business. For reasons not yet known, she was cuffed and muzzled before being stuffed into the police car and taken away. Our first article on Nason...
Illinois (ECWd) - "On November 22, 2022, the Office of Executive Inspector General (OEIG) received an anonymous complaint against Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) Public Service Administrator Daniel Pittman. The complaint alleged that, while previously employed as a Public Service Administrator at the Illinois...
Illinois (ECWd) - There are a few election results we need to share in light of past articles exposing certain information in those communities. Village of Rochester Mayor Joe Suerdieck was running for reelection even after all the malfeasance with his fingerprints all over it, as outlined in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - This is yet another one of the cases where you simply have to say, you can't make this stuff up. WAND News ran this story two days ago. The named DCFS employee in the story, Deborah Riley, jumped out at us. Is it the...
