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,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - WIPFLI notified Shelby County on October 12, 2022, that they will no longer be providing audit or accounting services for Shelby County. They only cite "after further evaluation" as the reasoning. We first wrote about the audit and some of the concerning information...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Health Department Board meeting I raised a question regarding the compensation they were about to set for the two administrators as can be seen in the video below. The board approved their new salaries to be based on...
Will Co. VAC - (ECWd)- During the last Veterans Assistance Commission ("VAC") meeting, the secretary that was never actually appointed as secretary, article here, attempted to provide cover for Amanda Koch and her conflict of interest of being both a county board member and a VAC member. ...
