Coles County States Attorney

08 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part VII

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - Again, we had to extend the series as exposure to more insufficient information has come to light.  Our goal is to ensure the people are being provided sufficient information to fully understand what is really going on in Coles County with the...

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08 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part VI -Tyranny exposed

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - OK, we had to extend the series. See Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient and how out of control the Coles County officials are. August 1,...

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07 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part V

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part V of the five-part series. See Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient. August 3, 2018, Article - "Also, the Illinois Department of Revenue has...

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07 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part III

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Coles Co (ECWd) - As promised, Part III of the five-part series. See Part I and Part II to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient. August 3, 2018 Article - "The Coles County Board, with Biddle's support, hired local appraiser...

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06 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part II

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part II of what looks like will be a five-part series. See Part I at this link. August 3, 2018 Article - "CHARLESTON — Coles County's commercial and industrial property reassessment is now past its halfway stage, with property owners in two...

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06 Aug Coles County -Insufficient reporting keeps citizens in the dark – Part I

Posted at 12:03h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - Over the last 18 months, we have been covering in great detail the illegal actions by Coles County officials.  Those actions include bid-rigging, improper contracting, pay for no work, Open Meetings Act violations, Freedom of Information Act violations, illegal contracting and more. ...

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29 Jul Coles County Sheriff Rankin – Under budget third year in a row.

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Coles (ECWd) - Sheriff Rankin's first year in office had a budget in place from his predecessor.  Rankin is in the 4th year of his term, which means he has presented three budgets that he has operated under that are now audited.  During those three years,...

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29 Jul Coles County – $326.71 an hour! Oh wait, why not $1,306.62 for zero hours of work?

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - There are times when you find things being done by County Board members and public officials that simply put you back in your seat in total disbelief.  This is one of those cases. According to payroll records, the Coles County Board has established...

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26 Jun Barry Wolfe, former AAU girls basketball coach pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minors –

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COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - Defendant Barry Wolfe appeared in Coles County Court today for a hearing and entered a Guilty Plea to 4 counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He plead guilty to the following: 2017CF420, Count 9 - Criminal Sexual Assault / force, Class...

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13 Jun Petition for Quo Warranto filed in Coles County –

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COLES Co., IL. (ECWd) - Two Coles County residents, Rex Dukeman and Robb Perry, filed a Petition for Leave to File Quo Warranto Complaint. This revolves around the authority, or alleged lack thereof, of the County of Coles and its Supervisor of Assessments Office and their "contracting"...

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