Caseyville, Ill. (ECWd) - While responding to an AG Request for Review of an alleged violation of the Open Meetings Act, the village attorney for Caseyville indicated closed session discussion included discussion of his billing the village for investigating a resident after the resident announced his...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - If Austin Prichard is successfully elected as County Board Member during this November's election, he would, upon entering the office of county board member, place himself in the position of holding an office with an inherent conflict of interest with his...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board approved the final draft of the audit during the last regular County Board meeting but only after lengthy contentious comments by three board members, Carol Cole, Tim Morse, and Teresa Boehm. Boehm expressed concern over voting on the audit...
Danville, Ill. (ECWd) - According to reports, Danville Area Community College ("DACC") President, Dr. Stephen Nacco was placed on administrative leave today following alleged abusive and racial text messages sent by him to the Mayor of Danville, Illinois, after Nacco asked the Mayor to sign a...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Citizens of Shelby County may recall the search for a missing Pana, Illinois, minor that resulted in the arrest of Kristopher R. Karcher. We covered that in this article. "Mr. Karcher (34yrs old) drove from Shelbyville to Taylorville and picked up a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We requested and received the transcript of the Devin Barger plea deal hearing. The attorney who was set to go to trial on this case on June 10th, 2024 was Elizabeth Dobson, the Moultrie County Assistant State's Attorney who was asked to stay...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Update: 9-11-2024: According to the docket on Judici, during today's court appearance, Teresa Boehm's felony criminal case continues, with a pre-trial appearance scheduled for October 2, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom A. She was also granted permission to leave the state...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - UPDATE - 9-11-2024 According to the docket on Judici, in Shelby County Court this morning, Special Prosecutor Jones "Nolle Pro'd" the criminal misdemeanor charge against Christopher Boehm. *** Previous article: Chris Boehm's (son of Mugshot Teresa Boehm) criminal pre-trial is set for August 21, 2024,...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - In 2019, Deven Barger was arrested for killing his unborn child and girlfriend by shooting her in the face with a sawed-off shotgun. Barger has sat in the Shelby County Jail since July 8, 2019, awaiting trial for those murders. The...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We find it amazing how the "Chicago-based" newspaper, the Shelbyville Eagle, which is based out of Cook County in a suburb of the city of Chicago, Illinois, can get something so wrong, especially a front-page story. The Shelby County Court Hearing on...
