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May 31, 2025

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Shelby County Settles Federal Lawsuit – Accountability?

Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – According to the Federal Court docket, Shelby County, along with its contracted health care provider for the jail, Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc., has settled the lawsuit brought by former jail inmate Nicholas Banning. A “Stipulation to Dismiss” was filed in

Shelby County – Who Needs Laws?

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Once again, Shelby County was given a chance to be a leader, but instead, excuses appear to be the preferred path rather than simply fixing a simple issue. During some research on an unrelated project, I read two interesting provisions in

Shelby County Board’s Alleged Felonious Farm Lease –

Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – After months of emails and several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking the appropriate public records while attempting to point the chairman in the right direction, we are left with writing this article instead of an article favorable to

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Former Oakland FPD Trustee Jerry Willison Trial Date Set –

Coles Co – (ECWd) Today, we attended the case status hearing for Jerry Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee and father of now convicted felon and former trustee Kiley Willison, who was sentenced last Friday as covered in this article. Of interest in today’s

City Requires Medical Information To Attend Public Meeting –

Le Roy, Ill. (ECWd) – The “health emergency” that brought on masking and other things is long gone, except for Le Roy, Illinois. Le Roy is a small city with a population of around 3,500 people and is located in McLean County. On their meeting

Paris District 95 Hired Principal, Two Admin Assistants –

PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) – Paris Union School District 95 held a six-minute special meeting last night where they took the following actions: Accepted resignation of school janitor Hired Lucy Tarr as principal of Memorial Grade School for $78,000 for an 11-month contract beginning August 1,

Paris District 95 Submits Corrective Action Plan to State Board of Education –

PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) – After allegations of approximately $3.24 million of unallowed grant expenditures within Paris Union School District 95, Acting Superintendent Lorraine Bailey submitted the district’s corrective action plan to the Illinois State Board of Education. From the Corrective Action Plan for each grant: complete

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