Coles Co. (ECWd) - After almost a month, we have obtained the first set of records we requested in a Freedom of Information Act request to the Coles County State's Attorney. We have no idea why our request took so long, but we have been assured...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was named in a civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023. The case was filed by Chad Hammond, who needed medical attention while in the county jail, and alleged it was not provided. He was later diagnosed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board passed a credit card policy during their last regular meeting. When board member Tim Brown questioned the reasoning for adopting the policy since they already had one, Chairman Mayhall indicated it was being done to align with the...
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...
