Jasper Co., IL. (ECWd) – Nearly two years after denying public records, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor has determined that the Jasper County Sheriff violated the Freedom of...
COLES CO. (ECWd) – According to Court records, on February 3, 2020, Mattoon Police Officer and School Resource Officer Michael “Shane” West entered a voluntary guilty plea to Class A...
...over the transfer of a Light District to the Road District, an action he had no authority to do. We also understand there is a criminal investigation into his questionable...
...Mayor and their attorney on the appointment and informed them that the appointment was invalid because Nelson was an employee of the Mattoon School District. The Airport Authorities Act prohibits...
...and four claims against Jeff Wood, due to his responsibility of the actions of his deputy. On September 26, 2019, Judge Colin Bruce of the Federal District Court for the...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) – After our previous article on the City of Mattoon’s alleged illegal appointment of an employee of the Mattoon School District to a vacant Coles County Airport...
...District responded from Oliver and Paris, along with the Edgar County Sheriff and several Deputies. Horizon Ambulance also arrived on the scene to transport the injured individuals. The raw video...
...say they are, just as other Districts are not named such as a Park District, Library District, etc. The latter point was raised in proposed legislation to clarify the original...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – While many have gone to great lengths to blame the current Highway Commissioner for the huge legal bills of the Road District after terminating three employees...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Former Vermilion (Paris Area Fire Protection District) Fireman Dale Colter made an appearance in Edgar County Circuit Court today without an attorney. The Judge asked him...