Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have seen attempts from people from all over the country to create social media pages for the sole purpose of presenting only information supporting their agenda. These sites typically ask all kinds of questions of the public after they...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As we outlined in the first article at this link, we reached out to Shelby County Board member Carol Cole in order to get clarification pertaining to the burial of persons at the Shelby County farm site. We asked: During your comments, you stated...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - During the last Shelby County Board meeting, board member Carol Cole provided her input (video below) during the discussion regarding power poles being placed on the farm property, or is it cemetery property after her comments? Her input resulted in the State's...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Mattoon School Board member Gary Kepley is also a Wabash Fire Protection District Trustee according to the Coles County record at this link. According to public records, he was appointed to the Wabash Fire Protection District during the September 2021 County Board...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois State University Associate Professor Dr. Kate Sheridan ([email protected]), is the point of contact for a survey which was mailed to citizens of the state last week targeting information of adults 18 years old and older. While the survey claims to be tied to...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has updated the court docket to reflect the specific charges against Kiley and Jerry Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District trustees who were arrested on March 17, 2023. We first exposed what appeared as a clear misapplication of funds in...
Illinois vs. Tennessee - (ECWd) - Once again, we find other states setting the example as to how to deal with bad actors in local government. Imagine a government utility company failing to provide water at times, including unclean water for years and then finding out there...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County State's Attorney Jessie Danley filed criminal charges today against former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee Kiley Willison and Jerry Willison, the father of Kiley. Kiley was charged with 11 Felony counts consisting of 9 counts of Official Misconduct which are Class...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Maurice A. West has introduced HB 2807 which calls for Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries. One can only wonder if this is the first step to another bill that takes this option to apply to all elected positions in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting last night which can be viewed below. A few things that took place were noteworthy. There are three federal lawsuits involving Shelby County government and prior to Wednesday, the newly appointed State's Attorney had no knowledge...
