Champaign Co., Ill. (ECWd)- Over the years we have exposed more fraud related to handwritten timecards than imaginable. Time Card Tuesday comes to mind as one of the worst payroll issues we have seen which was by the Algonquin Township Road District. When a push for electronic...
Sangamaon Co. (ECWd) - Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against the Village after Suerdieck denied a liquor license to a local business. We wrote about...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Cody Brands filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Shelby County and its dive team on December 23, 2024. Mr. Brands is an associate member of The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy (“COGS”), where ECW is a founding member. More information can...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We recently exposed payroll records for the Health Department that indicated a person was working when in reality they were on vacation. Those records are not true and accurate. Full article at this link. The backstop to identify this type of payroll...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have said legal opinions need to be in writing. A written opinion tells the public the reasoning for the opinion expressed, and from that, people can learn many things. In the case of Shelby County and Vice Chairman Teresa Boehm's...
US (ECWd) - That old saying "You Can't Make This Stuff Up", once again holds true. In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Eastern Division, Federal Judge R. David Proctor has issued an order that frankly could be applied in pretty much...
U.S (ECWd) - Four years and counting. US Dominion Inc. filed defamation lawsuits beginning in January 2021 against multiple defendants. The current court docket on these cases included a transcript of a recent hearing regarding multiple discovery issues and scheduling concerns for all the parties involved. As of...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was hit with a medical-related civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023. The suit was brought forward by Chad Hammond who is currently serving time in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The amended complaint can be viewed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Back in April of 2021, Nicholas Banning filed a federal lawsuit against numerous defendants, including Shelby County. We covered that case in articles, here and here. The named Shelby County defendants are Tonya Atteberry, Daine Burkhead, Devon Durbin, Brandon Gatton, Melissa Haynes, Don...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We would like to think there are times when something as simple as a classic Christmas movie can put things in perspective. During my routine morning coffee discussion with friends in the morning, one being a former credit union manager, the subject of...
