Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During the last Shelby County Board meeting, the board voted to release the entire closed session records for the June 3rd and 10th, 2020 closed sessions. It is evident that a few board members are totally clueless as to how the county government...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County State's Attorney's Office is on quarantine due to a positive test of COVID-19. Edgar County Board Chairman Jeff Voigt stated that "an office in the courthouse is on quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 test, and SERVPRO has been contacted...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday, a Motion To Dismiss Based On Prosecutorial Misconduct was filed in a Coles County DUI case. Attorney Todd Reardon filed this Motion in a case involving his client as Defendant and Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen as a prosecutor in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In Illinois, a state where some would argue is the most corrupt in the country, one need only look at the local level to understand why. Our laws are crystal clear regarding using public resources for private purposes. In short, its a crime. ...
DuPage County, IL. (ECWd) - Public Safety Announcement: Surge in Overdose and Suicide Deaths Review First 6 Months of 2020. Public Safety Announcement: Surge in Overdose and Suicide Deaths Review First 6 Months of 2020. On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen, M.D. reported on...
Clinton and Edgar Counties, IL. and Clinton County, IN. (ECWd) - "Do as I say, not as I do" Local health Departments have been preaching about mitigating the COVID-19 threat through the use of social distancing, wearing masks, and washing hands . . . to the public. How...
South Holland, IL. (ECWd) - Pamela D. Strain, President, Superintendent, and an owner of Beacon Hill Preparatory Academy (also known as the Lighthouse Christian Academy) was charged yesterday with income tax fraud relating to defrauding the National School Lunch Program, and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Four Shelby County Board members and the County Treasurer have requested the State's Attorney to recuse herself and request a special prosecutor for the purpose of establishing a criminal investigation and prosecution of County Highway Engineer Alan Spesard. The letter specifically alleges violations...
New York - (ECWd) - "Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging BRIAN...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - On August 18, 2020, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow granted Governor Pritzker's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Defendants Christian Child Development Corporation and Parkview Christian Academy. The Motion for TRO against Hutsonville Schools is MOOT as they stated, prior...
