Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - This morning's Shelby County Board Meeting will be live stream here (see below). Meeting should start at 9:00 a.m. https://youtu.be/aQ7s7q6V7wg...
Shelby, Co. IL (ECWd) - As part of our continued exposure to the illegal discussions the County Board participated in a closed session, this one is a head-scratcher. County Chairman Bruce Cannon makes a false allegation: "I have not had a chance to talk with anyone with...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - As the Shelby County Board tries to figure out their next move in their effort to pay a private attorney hired in violation of the law, improperly closed session discussions included an interesting admission from County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon. "I haven't...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - As part of the illegal closed session discussion during a recent county board meeting, board member Barbara Bennett and Chairman Bruce Cannon make the most amazing statements, which are not true. While we are used to public officials being loose with...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Gina Vonderheide, provided this legal opinion, if you can call it that, to the Shelby County Treasurer regarding the payment being withheld for the private law firm hired illegally by the county board. The legal opinion reads more...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The law firm of Featherstun, Gaumer, Stocks, Flynn and Eck, LLP filed a complaint against the County seeking payment of invoices for legal services to the County. They filed that complaint on May 5, 2020. On May 12, 2020, we published this...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Board has been having regular budget meetings and it is clear they have a serious shortfall needing to be addressed. One suggestion was a 30% budget cut for all county offices. The last audit reflects the County spent $917,510.00 more than...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski DUI arrest in this article. We have now obtained the arrest report and first want to thank the arresting officer for doing the very job he took an oath to perform. Officer...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski was arrested for DUI in Moweaqua, Illinois June 4, 2020, at 11:58 pm. We submitted a request for the actual police report and the video of the stop, however, those requests have not been fulfilled as of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Mark Bennett, future Shelby County Board member who smoked current County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon in the primary election (77-23), has filed a Declaratory Judgment Complaint in Shelby County Circuit Court regarding legal fees the Board is trying to pay to a...
