Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - A new 117-page 23-Count superseding federal indictment was handed down on October 12, 2022, against former Illinois Speaker of the House, Mike Madigan. From among the counts are allegations of: Bribery, Official Misconduct Acceptance of money, etc.; prohibition Legislative Misconduct Extortion and interstate...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - We recently received multiple requests to investigate the Oakland Fire Protection District Trustees as it was alleged meetings were not being held as required in the Open Meetings Act and people felt something was going on that was just not right. September...
DOLTON, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier last month, the Village of Dolton Trustees passed a Resolution removing Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard's name from the village's bank account, which should have prevented her from signing any checks. During the October 3, 2022, Village board meeting, Henyard, obviously upset one...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department Board held a special meeting Friday morning to discuss meeting schedules and administrative salaries. We first exposed the allegedly fraudulent documents, illegal compensation, and illegal meetings in this article. During the meeting, Oliver Smith confirmed the record he...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - We had previously published an article about this JB Pritzker campaign event at the Charleston Library and stated we would publish the video once it was made available. Now we have the video. The man stood up and shouted: "You shut my gym down...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Coroner, Scott Barrett, has released details on an early Saturday morning apartment house fire that has resulted in the death of two Paris residents. . A call came into the Edgar County 911 Dispatch Center at 6:07 a.m. Saturday, October 1. The...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department is once again plagued with financial malfeasance and disregard for the law. In 2013 and 2019, two employees were charged with theft of funds. We covered those events in the articles linked here and here. The County Health...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - More offensive sexual related videos have apparently surfaced coming out of the Edgar County Jail. This time an Edgar County Sheriff's Corrections Officer (CO), apparently videoed a prisoner being strip-searched, while the CO was singing a rap song about strip searches, and...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Sheriff's Corrections Officer Heather Mccullough is scheduled for pre-trial on November 30, 2022, in Crawford County where she was previously charged with Assault earlier this summer. Assault is a Class C Misdemeanor according to the Illinois Criminal Code. Our previous article...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker spoke at a campaign event open to the public and sponsored by the Coles County Democrat party, at the Charleston Public Library on Thursday, August 25th. While Governor Pritzker was touting his record, a Coles County resident and fitness business owner...
