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July 30, 2025

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Unauthorized Compensation? – East Oakland-Morgan Township Board

Coles Co. (ECWd) – During our review of records from the East Oakland/Morgan Multi-Township pertaining to the Assessor Shirley Willison, who has never submitted a budget as required by law, which we covered in this article, we see that the board established additional compensation for

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Sexual Predator Army Recruiter Pleads Guilty

Coles/Edgar/Moultrie Co. (ECWd) – United States Army Recruiter Bryan Marine out of Effingham County, Illinois, has been convicted in three counties, Edgar, Coles, and Moultrie, on numerous alleged sex crimes against minors. We broke that story in this article Marine was charged with the following:

Legislative Inspector General: “Income” Not Properly Defined –

Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – Last October, a complaint was filed with the Legislative Inspector General’s office alleging that State Senator Michael Hastings had filed false Statements of Economic Interest forms (article here) on May 1 and November 25, 2019, May 27, 2020, April 26, 2021,

Piatt County Settles Wrongful Termination Case – $150,000.00

Piatt Co. (ECWd) – The Piatt County Board approved a settlement agreement with the former Emergency Management Director, Micheal Holmes.  The agreement is a result of the federal lawsuit brought by Holmes for wrongful termination in 2021 after he raised issues with unallocated grant funds

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