Shields Township, Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - Press Release: Late Monday May 16, 2022,  three Shield’s Township Deputy Assessors filed a second set of complaints with the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (LCSAO), the Lake County Sheriff (LCSO) and the Public Integrity Unit of the Illinois Attorney...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent forensic audit of the Sheriff's Office payroll identified massive problems, however, there has been no further inquiry by the County Board who should be taking steps to make things right. That would include paying anyone underpaid and recovering funds from...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Former Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has some explaining to do for the public in relation to the illegal gun sales that took place with himself and County employees. We exposed the inconsistency in records provided in this article and after that...
McHenry Co., IL. (ECWd) - McHenry County Circuit Court upheld the Electoral Board's decision to leave McHenry County Sheriff Candidate Colatorti's name on the ballot. A Notice of Appeal has been filed with the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District. Read the Memorandum and Order upholding the Electoral Board's...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A year ago we covered the lawsuit naming the Shelby County Sheriff and several employees as defendants including Missy Haynes who is now running for County Treasurer. Nicholas Banning filed the federal civil rights case in April of 2021against Sheriff Koonze, Advanced Correctional...
Cook County, IL. (ECWd) - A Cook County Circuit Court Judge reinstated three Supreme Court Candidates yesterday after a Hearing on the state electoral board's decision to remove them from the ballot. Reinstated Supreme Court candidacies were: Susan F. Hutchinson, Mark C. Curran, Jr., and Nancy Rodkin...
Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics sent a letter to the Crawford County Airport Authority on March 23, 2022, alleging that Airport Authority Commissioner Robert Quick may be disqualified to serve on the airport board, because he was also...
ROBBINS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor has issued a determination letter stating that the Village of Robbins has violated the Open Meetings Act by not reviewing closed session recordings and minutes and have not made any determination on whether to keep...
Crawford Co., IN. (ECWd) - Investigation Leads to the Arrest of a Crawford County Elected Official Crawford County-Today, an Indiana State Police investigation has led to the arrest of Sabrina Bell, the Crawford County Circuit Court Judge. These charges stemmed from an incident that occurred in Crawford...
Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Crawford County Airport Authority has finally come around to compliance with state law, the Airport Authorities Act. Robert Quick, the now-former airport authority commissioner, followed Greg Nye and Tyler Devonshire in resigning as commissioners of the Crawford County Airport Authority (read...
