Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - As part of his guilty plea and sentencing, Kyley Willison was required to pay $236,000 in restitution, with his first payment due on or before June 16, 2025, in the amount of $100,000. On June 16, 2025, he posted two payments, one...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - For the past several months, the City of Springfield, Illinois city council has been allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of speakers and of those who chose to receive the spoken words of the speakers. The Supreme Court, in Board of Education v....
Christian Co. (ECWd) - We covered the Assumption Alderman and Fire Protection District Fire Chief Herbert Palmer and his wife, Angela Palmer's, arrest last month in this article. After that publication, along with this follow-up article, local social media posts rushed to defend these officials. We requested the...
Jersey Co., Ill. (ECWd) - This is an update from our previous reports on Katie Abbey's criminal charges in Jersey County (here). *** For Immediate Release:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Contact: June 9, 2025Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA, OVER $58,000 IN RESTITUTION FROM FORMER JERSEY COUNTY TREASURER Jersey County Woman...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - During the June 6, 2025, hearing on our Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit against the Village of Dolton, disgraced former Mayor Tiffany Henyard was held in contempt of court for ignoring and noncompliance of two previous court orders. Henyard appeared in person...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Nicholas Banning almost died while incarcerated at the Shelby County Jail during the term of former Sheriff Koonce. We first exposed the lawsuit brought by Banning in this article. We reported on the settlement of the lawsuit in this article that indicated...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We can now confirm a second criminal Federal Grand Jury subpoena was issued to the Administration of the Professional Development Alliance, an entity created through an agreement with the former Grundy-Kendall County Regional Office of Education and former Will County Regional Office...
Kane Co., Ill. (ECWd) - This is an update on the Illinois Secretary of State's ("SOS") letter to Kane County and the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") alleging that Kane County unlawfully masked convictions of a Commercial Driver's License ("CDL")...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - On May 23, 2025, Tiffany Henyard was found in Contempt of Court and ordered to appear on May 30, 2025, at 10:30 am. If she fails to appear, a body attachment shall issue. Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is always the...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - According to the Federal Court docket, Shelby County, along with its contracted health care provider for the jail, Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc., has settled the lawsuit brought by former jail inmate Nicholas Banning. A "Stipulation to Dismiss" was filed in the case...
