IL. State Board of Education Hiding Email Addresses –

Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – The Illinois State Board of Education has declined to provide the email addresses of its employees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request by claiming…
Firebombing at Edgar County Airport – 10th Anniversary; Incomplete Investigation –

…learned that because of an outstanding bill owed to the cell phone company in another case, the state police did not request cell tower data during their investigation of this…
Shelby County – Criminal Investigation In Order After Numerous Allegations of Crimes Committed

…of State to a nonexistent entity (not a legal entity – not registered). While there may be other allegations we have not heard or read firsthand, we encourage those who…
How The (Farm) Bill Became Law For Dummies; Yes, the Constitution Still Matters –

…1, 2023, State Representative Lance Yednock filed HB1076 in the Illinois House of Representatives with its initial language purporting to state that counties may lease out their farmland to public…
Shelby County Animal Control – Why Was Following The Law So Difficult?

…a practice? Agendas are public records and are required to be saved and can not be destroyed without permission from the Secretary of State’s Downstate Local Records Commission. The response…
Coles County Court Unsealed Brady Allen Mugshots –

Coles County, Ill. (ECWd) – We filed a motion to intervene in former Coles County Assistant State’s Attorney Brady Allen’s criminal case in Coles County asking the Court to unseal…
Will-Grundy-Kendall ROEs Part 3: Scheme and Artifice To Obtain IMRF –

…complies with state law. In 2019, the attorney for Vista Learning sent a letter to Vista Learning, opining on IMRF qualifications of the PDA employees, and states in the letter…
Illinois Department Of Revenue: Shelby County Farm Ground Not Tax Exempt –

…the ground tax exempt appears to be found in our State Constitution. Article IX Section 6 SECTION 6. EXEMPTIONS FROM PROPERTY TAXATION The General Assembly by law may exempt from…
Shelby County – Closed Session Recording Indicates Dive Team Narrative Not Accurate

…the closed session recording. Specifically, the indication two prior State’s Attorneys approved the dive team policy regarding charging fees is not accurate and evidence of that was disclosed in the…
One More Check Please…

…is true. Such ignorance is a key contributor to the divide being created in Shelby County. As we pointed out in this article, “The Judge advised that if the State’s…

