Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have finally confirmed the Sheriff's Office destroyed key records while in the middle of a payroll audit and criminal investigation. After numerous requests in an attempt to confirm if records were in fact actually destroyed, the last response today confirms it. "The...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We covered the forensic auditor's presentation and information in several articles found here, here, and here. However, one statement that jumped out at us was regarding destroyed records. “The records are part of your natural records retention policy, and many of these in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As reported in this article, I asked for specific records that they received permission to destroy. The goal was to determine if they actually were destroyed or not. The history of this issue is covered in several articles that can be read...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have received a partial response from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to our Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to records approved for destruction by the Illinois Secretary of State. The history of this issue is covered in several articles that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first exposed the questionable record destruction requests in this article. We stated we were reaching out to the Secretary of State Local Records commission regarding possible improper destruction of records and now have the Commission's response to our inquiry. Media Questions raised...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County board held a special meeting for the purpose of receiving the forensic audit report of the Sheriff's office payroll. As part of that presentation, the auditor spoke about destroyed records, which we covered in this article. After hearing the auditor...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting last night which can be viewed below. Notable actions or inactions include the following: Approved custom farming resolution for the county's poor farm ground, which ironically was suggested as an option 2 years ago...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined the Coles County Board violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to post a notice and the agenda 48 hours in advance of its December 7, 2020, meeting. Rather than simply admit to the error...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first covered the Shelby County forensic audit results in this article. It didn't take long for people to attempt to spin the information and actually post false claims. While there is plenty of information to share which has yet to be...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County forensic auditor provided a very condensed summary of his findings, which did not include thousands of pages of records. As we have said for years, many times it's not what we are told or what records are provided that...
