Shelby C0., Ill. (ECWd) - Shelby County, Illinois, held an emergency meeting this week in order to elect a new County Board Chairman and Vice Chairman. During the public comment portion of the meeting, county board member Jeremy Williams spoke about a complaint lodged against him alleging...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Yesterday's hearing on the frivolous lawsuit filed by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, seeking an order that all future meetings of the Village of Dolton Board of Trustees be held at village hall, to prohibit the Dolton Park District from permitting meetings on...
Kankakee County, Ill. (ECWd) - Kankakee County Board Chairman Andrew Wheeler has resigned from office just prior to a discussion and vote to remove him from office during a Special Board Meeting this morning (See agenda). There have been allegations that Chairman Wheeler, after negotiating a 30-year...
Hancock Co. (ECWd) - West Point, Illinois, is a small municipality located in Hancock County, with a population of around 140 people. After residents and one trustee started questioning the financials, sale of village property, and budget and appropriations ordinance in the village, the President, Clerk, Attorney,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent Freedom of Information Act request that also included media questions to the Shelby County State's Attorney resulted in what we believe was an improper denial of records and a very interesting statement that had nothing to do with our question...
Robbins, Ill. (ECWd) - On October 1, 2024, the Board of Trustees at the Village of Robbins passes an elected official compensation setting ordinance that violates state law. It is well established that the compensation of elected officials apply to the elective office, not to the office...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Several years ago we published numerous articles pertaining to the county boards hiring of private counsel and paying them with public funds. We asserted and stood fast to this day, the hiring was illegal and should have never taken place. We covered...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - The Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois, received the preliminary audit report from a forensic audit conducted on credit card expenditures between 2019 and 2022 2023 - Owen Costanza was the village president edited to add: (until 2021 - the village policies...
Moultrie Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Moultrie County Board met last night to conduct their regular course of business, which had been postponed from last week due to something not getting posted properly for the regular meeting. Moultrie County's seat is Sullivan, IL., 23 miles northeast of...
