Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular meeting last night with several notable points. Chairman Bobby Orman resigned. Resignation email at this link. We agree with the points made in the resignation letter. When there is ongoing disregard for board policy that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Once again Shelby County citizens are being fed propaganda on local social media in what appears to be a political hit job before the November election. We covered the local paper's failure in reporting in this article and it seems some can't...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - When a unit of government is sued, in this case, Shelby County, the attorney for the county has a duty to defend them. Is that what happened when Ed Flyn sued the county and the treasurer over unpaid invoices?  The court ruled...
Shelby Co. - (ECWd) - State law outlines certain obligations for elected officials. The State's Attorney, Ruth Woolery took office in May of 2024. According to state statute 55 ILCS 5/3-9001, "Before entering upon the respective duties of their office, the state's attorney shall each be...
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...
