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May 14, 2025

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AG: Secret Ballots To Elect County Board Chairmen Violate Law –

Ford and Marion Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – Here is a no-brainer, and we are glad to see the issues were resolved by the respective boards when we brought it to their attention. As we have previously published, public bodies voting on anything via secret ballot

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Shelby County Board Meeting – 5-8-2025 –

Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – This is to inform our readers that we will not be attending the Shelby County Board meeting tonight, May 8, 2025, as we have other engagements. Here is the agenda (HERE). The link to Shelby County’s YouTube page (HERE) should

Jersey County Treasurer Charged With Class 2 Felony Theft –

Jerseyville, Ill. (ECWd) – In January we reported that Kattie Abbey, the Jersey County Treasurer, was under Illinois State Police investigation for allegations of misappropriation of public funds in this article. Last Friday, May 2, 2025, Kattie Abbey was charged with Class 2 Felony Theft

Usurping Electoral Board, Or Exercising Clerk’s Discretion? –

Pecatonica Township, Ill. (ECWd) – While listening to Friday’s court hearing in Winnebago County related to the Pecatonica Township Clerk’s decertification of certain candidates, it was clear to us that this type of issue needs legislative intervention. The question needing addressed in the legislature is

Shelby County – Nicholas Banning Reaches Settlement With County Defendants And ACH

Shelby Co (ECWd) – Nicholas Banning sued “SHELBY COUNTY, SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF BRIAN MCREYNOLDS, DON KOONCE, ADVANCED CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC.,CWENTON WILLIAMS, TONYA ATTEBERRY, DEVON DURBIN, MEGAN WARNER, MELISSA HAYNES, BRANDON GATTON, CHRIS ZAKOWSKI, DAINE BURKHEAD, KELLY ADAMS, and JACQUELINE CLAYTON”, due to their actions/inactions during

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