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13 May Shelby County Treasure Candidate Haynes Sits Silent After Exposure Of Her Own Payroll Problems

Posted at 11:13h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Jay Soctt, Jeff Slifer, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Sheriff's Office payroll has been under criminal investigation for some time now and we understand a charging decision is pending from the Attorney General, but we are not holding our breath as this is Illinois.  That investigation involved a...

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13 May Cook County Court Reinstated Three Supreme Court Candidates to Ballot –

Posted at 09:54h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Cook County, IL. (ECWd) - A Cook County Circuit Court Judge reinstated three Supreme Court Candidates yesterday after a Hearing on the state electoral board's decision to remove them from the ballot. Reinstated Supreme Court candidacies were: Susan F. Hutchinson, Mark C. Curran, Jr., and Nancy Rodkin...

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13 May IDOT Sent Crawford County Airport Authority Letter re: Commissioner Disqualification –

Posted at 09:17h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics sent a letter to the Crawford County Airport Authority on March 23, 2022, alleging that Airport Authority Commissioner Robert Quick may be disqualified to serve on the airport board, because he was also...

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13 May AG: Village of Robbins Violated Open Meetings Act –

Posted at 08:58h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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ROBBINS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor has issued a determination letter stating that the Village of Robbins has violated the Open Meetings Act by not reviewing closed session recordings and minutes and have not made any determination on whether to keep...

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12 May Investigation Leads to the Arrest of a Crawford County Judge –

Posted at 13:15h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Crawford Co., IN. (ECWd) - Investigation Leads to the Arrest of a Crawford County Elected Official Crawford County-Today, an Indiana State Police investigation has led to the arrest of Sabrina Bell, the Crawford County Circuit Court Judge. These charges stemmed from an incident that occurred in Crawford...

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12 May Crawford County Airport Authority Sees Third Resignation From Board –

Posted at 10:56h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Crawford County Airport Authority has finally come around to compliance with state law, the Airport Authorities Act. Robert Quick, the now-former airport authority commissioner, followed Greg Nye and Tyler Devonshire in resigning as commissioners of the Crawford County Airport Authority (read...

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12 May State’s Attorney Ignored AG’s Inquiry; Violated FOIA –

Posted at 08:09h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a determination that the Madison County State's Attorney did not demonstrate it conducted an adequate search for public records requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The AG asked the Board and...

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11 May Madison County Ignored AG’s Inquiry; Violated FOIA –

Posted at 20:40h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General has issued an opinion which states that the Madison County FOIA Officer violated the Freedom of Information Act by not conducting a proper search for certain emails requested under the Act. In the opinion, the AG states: the...

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10 May Conan McArthur Pled Guilty To Setting Fire In Paris Grocery Store –

Posted at 06:43h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - According to court records, Conan McArthur entered a plea of Guilty yesterday for his role in setting the fire(s) in the former Save-A-Lot grocery store last year. Sentencing for McArthur is scheduled for July 18, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Since the fire destroyed much...

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07 May Shelby County ‘Gun’ Shuffle – Hide the Queen

Posted at 11:05h in Don Koonce, feature, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Math, the basic tool used to solve problems.  Even the card shuffle game used to hide the queen can be solved with basic math for those willing to put the work into it.   The information on the Shelby County illegal gun sales...

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