Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - During the 4 hour and 15 minute Shelby County Board Meeting on August 12, 2021, the board considered and voted on two items not listed properly on the meeting agenda. They voted to appoint the State's Attorney as Grant Accountability and...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board has on their agenda an item for discussion and determination of salary for Sean McQueen, the current interim Sheriff filling the vacancy temporarily. The State's Attorney believes he is entitled to be paid the actual compensation assigned to...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - A Motion For Sanctions and a Motion To Dismiss was filed on August 1-, 2021, by the defendant in Norton's latest frivolous lawsuit (we wrote about the lawsuit here). In this Motion by Defendant McCubbin: This complaint was filed by Norton and...
U.S. (ECWd) - In a 44 page ruling from United States District Judge Carl J. Nichols in the District of Columbia, a full denial of a motion to dismiss was ordered. A copy of the ruling can be viewed below or downloaded at this link. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Motion-to-Dismiss-denied.pdf" title="Motion...
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...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In an April 26, 2021, Opinion, the Appellate Court determined that the City of Bloomington violated the Open Meetings Act on February 20, 2017, when it went into closed session for one hour and twenty-seven minutes to discuss terminating an Intergovernmental Agreement...
MADISON COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - ***PRESS RELEASE*** Â Former County Officials File Civil Conspiracy and Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Madison County Chief Judge Bill Mudge, Sheriff John Lakin, Treasurer Chris Slusser, Circuit Clerk Tom McRare and Other Current and Former County Officials. Â EDWARDSVILLE - Former Madison County Administrator Doug Hulme...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Paris and Paris Police Officers Matthew McConnell and Travis Vice were sued on August 1, 2020, in federal Court alleging civil rights violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of Richard Davis and his minor child. Allegations from the Complaint: ...
