...posted in April 2017 in this article, the State’s Attorney claimed that Bob Becker was not hired by the County Board but rather hired by the Assessor. As the conversation...
...143 indictments pending trial One indictment led to a Bench Trial with a not-guilty verdict by the Judge. Ongoing efforts to educate law enforcement on their obligation to investigate their...
...Carlinville is still fighting four separate lawsuits alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act. Requesters sought things like credit card statements, training certificates, meeting minutes, etc… Carlinville thought they...
...approval of a records commission or the State Archivist under the Local Records Act or the State Records Act no less than 18 months after the completion of the meeting...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) – This school board censured and punished a fellow board member in violation of state law, federal civil rights (of the member and of the voters), and...
Illinois (ECWd) – Leave it to the worst run state in the country to pass another law attempting to legislate bad human behavior. Now before everyone goes nuts over what...
...when something is wrong and doing nothing to fix it points to a scandal in our opinion. The District Court stated that the matter is to be handled in State...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) – A Federal lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court Southern District of Illinois naming the following as Defendants: Board of Education of the...
...the [interim] Supervisor of Assessments. The State Statute used was the Illinois Criminal Code, 720 ILCS 5/33-3(A)(3). State of Illinois vs. MEENTS JOSEPH M – 2017CF001314 Meents entered a Pleas...