Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County State's Attorney Jessie Danley filed criminal charges today against former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee Kiley Willison and Jerry Willison, the father of Kiley. Kiley was charged with 11 Felony counts consisting of 9 counts of Official Misconduct which are Class...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Maurice A. West has introduced HB 2807 which calls for Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries. One can only wonder if this is the first step to another bill that takes this option to apply to all elected positions in...
March 13, 2023 ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES 2022 PUBLIC ACCESS REPORT DURING SUNSHINE WEEK Public Access Bureau Handled Over 3,300 New Matters; Conducted Critical Training Chicago — In recognition of Sunshine Week, Attorney General Kwame Raoul released the Public Access Counselor Annual Report with details of a sampling...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - Tiffany Henyard, Mayor of Dolton, IL. and Supervisor of Thornton Township, has apparently made it her mission to hide her abusive comingling of township and village funds, and her abusive use of the township credit card from public inquiry. We have several lawsuits...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting last night which can be viewed below. A few things that took place were noteworthy. There are three federal lawsuits involving Shelby County government and prior to Wednesday, the newly appointed State's Attorney had no knowledge...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 10, 2023 IDNR seeking seasonal conservation workers for state parks and historic sites SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking applicants for seasonal conservation workers at state parks and historic sites around the state. Conservation workers are the department’s...
Rantoul, IL. (ECWd) - During public comments at the March 7, 2023, Rantoul village board study session, Rantoul resident and sore loser (as determined by the Courts) of a failed referendum attempt, Terry Workman, blamed the Edgar County Watchdogs (instead of himself) for the legal costs...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - A Boone County Judge upheld the Poplar Grove Electoral Board's decisions to dismiss petition objections and leave candidates on the ballot for trustee of the Village of Poplar Grove. The Candidates were Owen Costanza and Jeff Goings. We have written on Costanza...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - According to the Coles County State's Attorney's office, the criminal investigation of the alleged official misconduct by former trustees of the Oakland Fire Protection District is ongoing. We first broke that story back in October of last year in this article. After being...
Douglas County, IL. (ECWd) - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Tuscola Police Department arrested Jill Harp who was later charged with two Class 1 Felony Counts of terrorism and two Class 3 Felony Counts of false bomb alarm (here). Jill Harp was arrested shortly after the...
