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26 May Shelby County Sheriff’s Office – ISP Investigation Failures Exposed – Part III – Don Koonce Interview

Posted at 18:59h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jay Soctt, Jeff Slifer, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The ISP interview report of the former Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has several missed opportunities to get to the truth.  We will point out the misinformation and false representations made during the interview and the lack of follow-up questions by the...

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26 May Shelby County Sheriff’s Office – ISP Investigation Failures Exposed – Part I – Rob McCall Interview

Posted at 18:56h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jeff Slifer, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Rick Cenar, Deputy Chief, Criminal Enforcement Division, Chief Public Integrity Bureau was the person in charge that concluded after their review of the ISP investigation there was no criminal offense against the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. I contacted Mr. Cenar yesterday and asked...

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25 May Rare 100-Year Injunction Issued Against Ironworkers Local Union 395 –

Posted at 17:42h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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INDIANA (ECWd) - A federal Judge issued an extremely rare injunction against a union labor organization in the Northern District of Indiana. In finding that the Norris-LaGuardia Act does not prohibit this injunction, Judge Simon issued the following Injunction in this civil case: "Pursuant to the stipulated agreement between...

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25 May Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suburban Chicago Police Chief for Allegedly Corruptly Accepting Money From Local Businessman –

Posted at 17:32h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suburban Chicago Police Chief for Allegedly Corruptly Accepting Money From Local Businessman CHICAGO — The Chief of Police in the village of Summit, Ill., corruptly accepted money...

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25 May Shelby County Sheriff Payroll – Part IV Of the Truth

Posted at 12:26h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jay Soctt, Jeff Slifer, Lynn Williams, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Part I, II, and III of this series can be read by clicking this link, this link, and this link. This edition is an update to Part II of the series in light of key facts exposed by the Illinois State Police Report...

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24 May Thornton Township’s Crazy and Possibly Unlawful Elected Official Salary Schedule –

Posted at 10:57h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Thornton Township, IL. (ECWd) - After reviewing the Thornton Township Elected Official Compensation Resolution, dated September 8, 2020, it is clear there is an attempt at limiting the number of people who wish to run for office. It is also clear to us this attempt violates...

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22 May Shelby County Criminal Investigation – WOW Part II

Posted at 08:08h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jeff Slifer, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) As explained in Part I, the ISP has now produced numerous unredacted copies of records from the criminal investigation containing information the public needs to know. We plan on publishing them all along with a video discussion about the contents, but wanted to...

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21 May Pheasant Run Resort On Fire –

Posted at 18:40h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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St. Charles, IL. (ECWd) - The closed and recently sold Pheasant Run Resort is on fire. Photos provided by a reader:   [gallery link="file" ids="77531,77530,77529,77528"]...

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21 May Shelby County Criminal Investigation – WOW!

Posted at 10:18h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jeff Slifer, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the ISP and the AG a while back regarding records they withheld pertaining to the completed criminal investigation the ISP conducted in Shelby County.  The ISP has now produced numerous unredacted copies containing...

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19 May Newly Hired Shelby County Highway Engineer Submits Resignation Letter

Posted at 15:00h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Steve DeWitt, the newly hired Shelby County Highway Engineer has submitted his notice of resignation.  While his contract requires a 60-day notice, he has indicated in his letter that he would entertain the discussion with the County Board to an earlier resignation...

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