Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Oakland resident Kyley Willison was one of the three family member trustees for the Oakland Fire Protection District and along with his father was charged with multiple felony crimes for alleged theft and official misconduct. While the father/son duo were charged...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - While local propagandists continue to spread their fabricated narratives on certain issues, their selective outrage must once again be called out. Former Shelby County State's Attorney Gina Vonderheide (corrected - even though the online docket in Judici shows Nichole Kroncke) charged Chad...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board approved the final draft of the audit during the last regular County Board meeting but only after lengthy contentious comments by three board members, Carol Cole, Tim Morse, and Teresa Boehm. Boehm expressed concern over voting on the audit...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Citizens of Shelby County may recall the search for a missing Pana, Illinois, minor that resulted in the arrest of Kristopher R. Karcher. We covered that in this article. "Mr. Karcher (34yrs old) drove from Shelbyville to Taylorville and picked up a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We requested and received the transcript of the Devin Barger plea deal hearing. The attorney who was set to go to trial on this case on June 10th, 2024 was Elizabeth Dobson, the Moultrie County Assistant State's Attorney who was asked to stay...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - In 2019, Deven Barger was arrested for killing his unborn child and girlfriend by shooting her in the face with a sawed-off shotgun. Barger has sat in the Shelby County Jail since July 8, 2019, awaiting trial for those murders. The...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Prior to former State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke leaving office, Steven Decker was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to his driving through a cemetery in Moweaqua. We understand at least 16 headstones were destroyed among other damage to the property. We...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Once again, we must publish the actual court hearing transcript that provides the public with the whole truth rather than the partial truth wrapped in assumptions and innuendos by local propagandists on social media. We covered the improper subpoenas issued by Shelby County...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We covered "wrongs make it right" in this article and as we sift through numerous FBI investigation files it's no wonder it is taking time to fix the pattern of practice in Shelby County government. The following quotes come from this FBI document...
DeWitt Co. (ECWd) - DeWitt County signed this contract for the sale of the county-owned marina with Clinton Marina and Campground for the purchase of the marina for $1,620,000.00.  Strangely, all request for a copy of their bid for the purchase was not provided and as...
