Boone Co. (ECWd) - The Boone County clerk and Recorder Julie Bliss has been arrested and charged with alleged felony theft of government property and official misconduct according to multiple reports. Boone County Watchdog : "In a statement to the media, the county said “the misuse of public...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In our first article on the alleged child rapist, I closed it out with one statement. "The only information we have at this point is the case was administratively closed yet no one even questioned the alleged perpetrator of the crime at that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first raised the legal question about a county board of review being elected in June in this article after a formerly elected board of review member resigned. We could not find any statutory or constitutional support for a board of review...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Tower Hill Township Road District employee Clinton Miller III has been arrested for multiple counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of A Child under the age of 10 years old. Press Release from State's Attorney: "On Friday August 25, 2023, The Shelby County State’s...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - We previously published numerous articles referencing Owen Costanza, the former President of the Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois. Since he lost the last election, he sued several people for defamation and other things and lost in court after admitting everything they said...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Shelby County Board member Teresa Boehm is the subject of the Quo Warranto filing by the Shelby County State's Attorney as outlined in this article. Thomas O. Finks, the attorney representing Boehm, filed a motion to dismiss the case on August 8th at 9:18...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Herrick, IL firefighter Michael Garcia was arrested and charged with a class 3 felony August 14, 2023. "That commencing on or about January 1, 2023, and continuing to or about October 14, 2023, in Shelby County, Illinois, the defendant, MICHAEL GARCIA, committed...
Champaign, Ill. (ECWd) - Over the past several months, we have been reviewing a Facebook page entitled "The Boathouse Johnny's Gone Fishing" because we believed it to be a "fake" page passing on false information as "news" and pretending to be associated with the University of...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 103-0439 (Civil Liability for Doxing Act) which becomes effective on January 1, 2024. What this law does, is give people the ability to file civil action against anyone who violates the Act by publishing "personally identifiable information" on the...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Residents, Village of Dolton Trustees, and Dolton Park District Commissioners came together for a press conference yesterday, and all of them alleged Tiffany Henyard, Mayor of Dolton and Thornton Township Supervisor, has been using the Dolton Police Department for political retaliation against...
