Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has once again gone rogue with its property tax assessments, and hundreds of citizens are standing up for their Constitutional rights as it relates to fair and equitable taxation of their property and intend to challenge their assessments. Tom Devore, the...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The newly elected Coles County Board members will be serving without any compensation. The current board is required to set the compensation of the elected officers as outlined in the Counties Code at this link. During the May 2022 Coles County Board meeting, the...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Anthony Fremarek, the former Plainfield Township Supervisor has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company in which he was one of the 5 partners as well as the CFO and Manager. During his time as the Township Supervisor, we met with him and provided...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Once again we find local reporting is just that, reporting. The challenge with simply "reporting" is that it fails to get to the root of the matters being reported on.  A headline in November 19, 2022, Prairie Press reads: "Health Department rights...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Army Corp of Engineers has refused to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request even after multiple follow-up attempts were made with the Washington, D.C. office which claimed it was going to be responded to by the Chicago office. After...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Emergency Management Director Troy Agney resigned last month, however, we do not know if it was because of the recent wage garnishment judgment issued against him or the criminal investigation completion that was forwarded to the State's Attorney for...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Will County Veterans Assistance Commission has been embroiled in numerous problems for some time, and rather than actually take steps to fix it, a select few members have been pushing back with false statements and in some cases clear lies about...
Illinois (ECWd) - The recently unsealed records in Michael Hastings's divorce case are proving to explain why Hastings was fighting so hard to keep them sealed. In a Petition for Contribution To Attorneys Fees and Costs filed on 7/26/2022 by the attorney for Hastings's wife, Kathleen Hastings,...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Senator Michael Hastings lost his battle to keep his court records sealed and it only took moments to reveal serious problems. Within those records is a document that reflects Hastings earned $108,901.00 in 2020 from Geld Solutions, LLC, a company for which...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Former Shelby County Board Member Dereck Pearcy was one of the few board members willing to learn their job and not only understand the laws but insist they be followed. After numerous requests for a legal opinion from the State's Attorney on matters,...
