Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Once again, Shelby County was given a chance to be a leader, but instead, excuses appear to be the preferred path rather than simply fixing a simple issue. During some research on an unrelated project, I read two interesting provisions in the Counties...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - After months of emails and several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking the appropriate public records while attempting to point the chairman in the right direction, we are left with writing this article instead of an article favorable to the...
Christian Co. (ECWd) - Over the weekend, we published this article regarding an Assumption Alderman and his wife, who were arrested according to the police report. To our surprise, social media exploded with comments ranging from defending them to claims that we are exploiting them by publishing...
Coles Co - (ECWd) Today, we attended the case status hearing for Jerry Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee and father of now convicted felon and former trustee Kiley Willison, who was sentenced last Friday as covered in this article. Of interest in today's hearing was...
Le Roy, Ill. (ECWd) - The "health emergency" that brought on masking and other things is long gone, except for Le Roy, Illinois. Le Roy is a small city with a population of around 3,500 people and is located in McLean County. On their meeting agenda is this...
Christian Co., Ill. (ECWd) - While we field numerous complaints about some alleged financial issues in the City of Assumption, Illinois, an alderman and city fire fighter and his wife, the city treasurer, get arrested and charged just after 2 am May 4th, 2025. Herbert Palmer was...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Attorney General Public Access Office issued a determination noting that the Shelby County Public Safety Committee, which was chaired by the current county board chair, Tad Mayhall at the time, violated the Open Meetings Act. While Mayhall basically admitted the violation,...
Coles-Douglas Co. (ECWd) - The former Oakland Fire Protection District trustee, Kiley Willison, was sentenced today on a single Class 1 Felon charge while 10 other charges were dropped. This entire process, from our first Freedom of Information Act submission that resulted in the resignation of...
Sherman, Ill. (ECWd) - UPDATE: The Sherman Fire Protection District responded to our inquiry on whether they had policies permitting car detailing business in the district buildings. Fire Chief Todd Masterhan replied vie email: "We were not aware of the use of district property for this purpose. The volunteer...
Ford and Marion Counties, Ill. (ECWd) - Here is a no-brainer, and we are glad to see the issues were resolved by the respective boards when we brought it to their attention. As we have previously published, public bodies voting on anything via secret ballot violates the...
