Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent social media post by County Board member Sonny Ross brought to light a 9-year-old's public comment at a city council meeting as reported in this video article and this local news article. "Miller, Sr. took his son to the council meeting...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - Mahomet Township has once again been found in violation of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), according to the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor (PAC). PAC determination letter at this link. Two individuals submitted similar FOIA requests in July and August of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As covered in previous articles, the Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff’s office several years ago. While we were able to obtain the written reports of those...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - As covered in previous articles, the Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff’s office several years ago. While we were able to obtain the written reports of...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - As covered in the first article on the recently court-ordered release of audio interviews in this article, the Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff’s office several...
Christian Co. (ECWd) - We reported on the Assumption and Herrick, Illinois water plants being hacked last month as covered in this article. We submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request to both places, and to date, only Assumption has responded. Herrick appears to be ignoring...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff's office several years ago. While we were able to obtain the written reports of those interviews, the ISP fought us...
Illinois (ECWd) - This is a developing story. We received confirmation yesterday that the US Department of Justice was notified by law enforcement in Shelby County about two water plants having their computers hacked in Herrick and Assumption, Illinois. Herrick is in Shelby County and Assumption is...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - After the resignation of the former Shelby County State's Attorney, Nichole Kroncke, in January of 2023, it was discovered by the appointed special prosecutors that records were missing from the office computers. As reported in this article, "According to an email dated February...
McDonough Co. (ECWd) - After receiving a complaint that McDonough County Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout was blocking people from the official Sheriff's Facebook page, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for a screenshot of the blocked users page on the Sheriff's official Facebook account. We...
