Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) – May 13, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Erica Firnhaber (217) 774-3841 Shelbyville, IL…The Shelby County Board today approved a measure to reform how time sheets for County employees […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County State’s Attorney, Gina Vonderheide, sent this letter to the Illinois Attorney General seeking an opinion and legal advice on the matter of the County Board […]
Shelby Co (ECWd) – For over a year, Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber has been trying to fix the payroll accountability and fraud taking place in the County for what appears to […]
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) – At a gathering of 30 people this morning, the Shelby County Sheriff gave his report to the Shelby County Board: We (Sheriff’s Dept.) ran people off the campground […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- The Shelby County Board held its monthly board meeting this morning at an outdoor pavilion next to Lake Shelbyville. Including board members, there were 30 people in attendance, three […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We want to begin with some history dating as far back as 1961 relating to Compensation for County Board members. The purpose of the history lesson is to […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Below is the video of the Shelby County regularly scheduled County Board Meeting that was held at the Lions Club building. . Our work is funded entirely […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – In January we published this article comparing the currently indicted Piatt County Chairman to the activities of Shelby County Chairman Bruce Cannon’s hiring of private counsel. While Piatt […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The local reporting in Shelby County highlighted the current contested race for County Board. In light of what we have been exposing, once again we must expose when […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Words shared by the State’s Attorney appear to conflict with an Attorney General’s response to our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request. Two key statements below are what […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – When Benjamin Franklin said we have “A Republic, if you can keep it“, he knew keeping it would take work. “We The People” are the ones responsible for […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – There comes a point when enough is enough and terminations or resignations are in order. While Shelby County board and legal counsel have taken the position that attorney […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We outlined in this article how the Shelby County Board continued with its improper practice of using a private attorney rather than using the one the taxpayers are […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Shelby County State’s Attorney Gina Vonderheide turned in her withdrawal of candidacy from the fall General Election for Shelby County State’s Attorney. According to the date stamp, she […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – As we have outlined in several articles here, here, here, and here, the Shelby County board violated the law when they appointed a “Special” Assistant State’s Attorney back […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – It appears Shelby County is slow on the uptake of information provided to them. As outlined in a recent article (here), the County Government is not permitted to […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County Board Meeting scheduled for February 13th at 9 am is going to be held at the Shelbyville Visitor Center, 1989 State Highway 16, Shelbyville, Illinois. […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We outlined a legal bill in our last article that represents there were discussions about an employee and pro ration of paid compensation time and resignation in lieu […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We covered the hiring of a private attorney in Shelby County in this article and to date have not recieved a single response to our questions to the […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Over the last several weeks we have been requesting key records as it relates to payroll and how such payroll records are kept. The results are shocking. According […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Sheriff’s Committee of Shelby County met this morning for a routine committee meeting at the Sheriff’s Office. The Chairman of that committee, Kay Kearney did the right […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Our recent article on Shelby County dealt with the improper hiring of legal counsel by the County board and can be read at this link. We routinely find local […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – During our first visit to the Shelby County Board meeting, we expressed our opinion to the board about their hiring of a private attorney. An action we consider […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We attended the Shelby County Board meeting this week after several requests from concerned citizens and several elected officials. In our brief inquiry into a few things, it […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – HB 3141, sponsored by Representatives Brad Halbrook and Darren Bailey received a unanimous vote in the Illinois House last week. Sen. Chapin Rose has sponsored it in the […]
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Shelby Township, the underlying reason for HB1896, just completed printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and mailing out those rebate checks to its approximately 2800 property parcel owners. The total […]
CLARKSBURG, (Shelby County) IL. (ECWd) – History up in flames. After months of sometimes heated debate about the future of Illinois’ last known two-room wooden schoolhouse, the building is gone. Some residents […]
ILLINOIS (ECWd) – The Illinois Appellate Court, 5th Appellate District, issued an Order which effectively revoked the Illinois Commerce Commission’s issuance of a nonpublic utility company’s certificate of public conveyance and necessity […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The village of Tower Hill’s former Treasurer, Nancy Finley, has been charged with a Class X Felony for alleged theft of over $100,000.00. Will this be another micro-example […]
