Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County appears to be fast-tracking it's way to being the poster child for problems in local government. As it stands, a lot of money is at risk due to clear failures by the county board. For years we have begged officials to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - August 5, 2021, the Shelby County Insurance Committee met to discuss Health Insurance, Family Health Insurance plan options, and recommendation to be presented to the county board regarding a former employee. Where to start is a tuff one. The short version is the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have encouraged public officials to enforce the rule of law. So what does the average citizen do when the actions of their public officials lead to violations of law and expense to the taxpayers state-wide? Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In what may be the most cryptic opinion we have ever seen from the Attorney General's PAC office, it is clear the county board violated the Open Meetings Act when they permitted a board member to attend remotely during the reorganizational meeting...
Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - The Fifth Appellate Court issued its Order affirming the Shelby Circuit Court's decision in granting Defendant Flynn summary judgment based partly on the affidavit submitted by the law firm where the Shelby County State's Attorney attested that she hired a member...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first covered the Keith Petard Insurance scandal in this article. If you have not read that article along with the linked documents, we urge you to do so in order to better grasp the information in this article. For those willing to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Keith Petard, now retired former Shelby County Highway Department employee appears to owe some money to Shelby County. What many may not remember, Alan Spesard, County Highway Engineer, was not the only county employee operating their business out of the County Highway...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Both the now-former Shelby County Sheriff and current Shelby County Highway Engineer are subjects involved in criminal investigations for their activities in their official capacity. The Sheriff resigned effective June 25, 2021. A charging decision is in the hands of the Attorney General...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For well over a year Shelby County has been making headlines due to numerous corrupt practices. Many had hoped the election of a new State's Attorney Nicole Kroncke would help resolve the alleged criminal acts by public officials, but to date, it...
Shelby, Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has submitted his resignation letter to the Shelby County Board Chairman with an effective date of June 25, 2021. "Please allow this letter to serve as my official notification that I will be retiring and resigning my Office...
