Hancock Co. (ECWd) - West Point, Illinois, is a small municipality located in Hancock County, with a population of around 140 people. After residents and one trustee started questioning the financials, sale of village property, and budget and appropriations ordinance in the village, the President, Clerk, Attorney,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent Freedom of Information Act request that also included media questions to the Shelby County State's Attorney resulted in what we believe was an improper denial of records and a very interesting statement that had nothing to do with our question...
Robbins, Ill. (ECWd) - On October 1, 2024, the Board of Trustees at the Village of Robbins passes an elected official compensation setting ordinance that violates state law. It is well established that the compensation of elected officials apply to the elective office, not to the office...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Several years ago we published numerous articles pertaining to the county boards hiring of private counsel and paying them with public funds. We asserted and stood fast to this day, the hiring was illegal and should have never taken place. We covered...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - The Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois, received the preliminary audit report from a forensic audit conducted on credit card expenditures between 2019 and 2022 2023 - Owen Costanza was the village president edited to add: (until 2021 - the village policies...
Moultrie Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Moultrie County Board met last night to conduct their regular course of business, which had been postponed from last week due to something not getting posted properly for the regular meeting. Moultrie County's seat is Sullivan, IL., 23 miles northeast of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois Comptroller notified Shelby County of the following: "This notice is to inform you that the fiscal year 2023 Annual Financial Report (AFR) for your unit of local government is currently delinquent." "Local governments that do not submit the AFR by the deadline...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Today was a status hearing for the Temporary Restraining Order case filed by Chris Boehm. Once again, things under the big top in Shelby County should concern everyone who believes in an honest and fair judicial system. A motion to intervene was filed...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - After the frivolous and unwarranted subpoena (which was later quashed by the court) filed by Shelby County State's Attorney Ruth Woolery against the county's contracted auditor, and after the County Board Chairman and Vice-Chairman both resigned from the board, the contracted...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Vice Chairman Mark Bennett resigned from the county board yesterday. In this email, Bennett provided his reasoning. "For which in the last four years the audits have disclosed procedures and policies with which need to be followed and an unwillingness...
