Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County had its long-awaited draft audit presented to them during the August regular meeting. The Auditor, Timothy Watson with Benford Brown & Associates presented the audit and within the first few moments of his appearing on the screen, a comment was...
Logan Co. (ECWd) - At the last Village of Atlanta, Illinois council meeting we attended the Tourism Director provided a presentation that covered what appeared to address numerous problems going on within the community and village government. His comments can be viewed at this link of...
(ECWd) - I have been blessed to be able to instruct fire departments all across the country on the subject matter of adequate water flow, the key to fire suppression. During a recent training in Massachusetts, Electric Vehicle (EV), fires became the topic of discussion. While many...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board approved a claim by the new State's Attorney for the purchase of a refrigerator for her office. For those who have not followed the local propaganda about the prior State's Attorney and his purchase of a refrigerator,...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We were the first to break the stories back in 2015 of massive corruption at Lincoln Way District 210 that involved more malfeasance under one unit of government than we have ever seen. Most of the articles can be found at this...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In May of 2023 a dust storm south of Springfield, Illinois resulted in a multi-vehicle pile-up with multiple deaths on Interstate 55. Emergency personnel from multiple districts were called to manage the mass casualty incident which included numerous vehicle extrication/rescue operations. With...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Former Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke established an American Express Amazon Prime Business card for the Office of Shelby County State's Attorney. While this article will focus on redactions of certain charges, other points of interest include the taxpayers paying for...
Illinois (ECWd) - After our recent settlement of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), case against the Illinois State Police resulted in our obtaining the requested records and over $20,600.00 being paid to our attorney, I was curious how many other FOIA cases resulted in settlements...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - After publishing this article regarding a call for a special county board meeting in Shelby County, it appears, once again, that the local hysteria is so ingrained in a narrative supporting their anger that all logical thought processes have vanished from the...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against School District 95 in Paris, Illinois was finally heard in court yesterday. The suit was filed after the school provided a heavily redacted copy which we believed violated the case law for such a document....
