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 thing when presented with a situation that pointed to the meeting not being properly noticed. ...
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 reporting following our exposure of local matters. In this case, the reporting speaks volumes...
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 to be in direct violation of the law. I quoted from case law on...
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 became clear there were several concerns that needed to be addressed. Below you can see...
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 Senate. This Bill is designed to eliminate the uncertainty immediately following a vacancy 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 amount rebated by the Township was $735,461.94. This is an average of $262.66 per property parcel. State...
[caption id="attachment_44060" align="alignleft" width="393"] ECWd photo Clarksburg Schoolhouse - July 2017[/caption] 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 wanted to restore the building,...
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 under the expedited review process set forth in the Illinois Public Utilities Act. Click here...
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 of Dixon Illinois where over $50,000,000 million was stolen, all while everyone claimed clean audits? The...
SHELBYVILLE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelbyville Township board of trustees held its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, 2017. During the meeting they went into executive session to discuss an appointment to the vacant seat of Township Supervisor. It was vacant because former supervisor Steve...
