Shelby Co. (ECWd) The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting Thursday of last week. We apologize for the delay in posting as our live stream failed to upload and the video had to be uploaded manually. There were several votes taken which were declared to have...
OAKLAND, IL (ECWd) - Last week, the Oakland Fire Protection District held a special meeting to appoint three new trustees, to replace the three trustees who resigned earlier. Having no statutory authority to ask the circuit court to make those appointments, the resigned trustees "un-resigned" long enough...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this year, we published an article explaining that Senator Michael Hastings had filed a Rule 224 Motion in Will County Court in an attempt at discovering who had access to and distributed a copy of a police report his wife made...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Farm has been the subject of more misinformation than we thought possible, and just when we thought things were going in the right direction, the current contract is ignored. For months we have raised the issue of selling the crop,...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - Will County Board Member Amanda Koch resigned from office after the Will County State's Attorney's Office delivered a 4-page letter to her spelling out the conflicts of her serving as a county board member and as a Commissioner of the Veterans...
WILL CO., IL. (ECWd) - Denise Williams, Veterans Assistance Commission Board Secretary, insists she has the right to vote during commission meetings. She has no right to vote and any bylaws purporting to grant her the right to vote are invalid and violative of Section 9...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - A new 117-page 23-Count superseding federal indictment was handed down on October 12, 2022, against former Illinois Speaker of the House, Mike Madigan. From among the counts are allegations of: Bribery, Official Misconduct Acceptance of money, etc.; prohibition Legislative Misconduct Extortion and interstate...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - We recently received multiple requests to investigate the Oakland Fire Protection District Trustees as it was alleged meetings were not being held as required in the Open Meetings Act and people felt something was going on that was just not right. September...
DOLTON, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier last month, the Village of Dolton Trustees passed a Resolution removing Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard's name from the village's bank account, which should have prevented her from signing any checks. During the October 3, 2022, Village board meeting, Henyard, obviously upset one...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department Board held a special meeting Friday morning to discuss meeting schedules and administrative salaries. We first exposed the allegedly fraudulent documents, illegal compensation, and illegal meetings in this article. During the meeting, Oliver Smith confirmed the record he...
