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...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Federal lawsuit brought by Nicholas Banning has been amended for the third time (click here for a copy of the third amended complaint) and includes the following named defendants. SHELBY COUNTY, SHELBY COUNTY, SHERIFF BRIAN MCREYNOLDS, DON, KOONCE, ADVANCED CORRECTIONAL, HEALTHCARE, INC.,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - According to the Coles County State's Attorney's office, the criminal investigation of the alleged official misconduct by former trustees of the Oakland Fire Protection District is ongoing. We first broke that story back in October of last year in this article. After being...
Illinois (ECWd) - During the first Temporary Restraining Order hearings against the Illinois Governor's alleged "assault weapons" ban, the attorneys representing the Governor and Attorney General made a statement that jumped out at me, as did a portion of their filed response on the matter. "So the...
Illinois (ECWd) - A denial to a TRO was issued yesterday regarding the Naperville, IL gun ban ordinance adopted by the city in August of 2022. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION "After several mass shootings nationwide, the City of Naperville enacted...
