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...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) – In January 2020, the City of Mattoon appointed Mr. Mark Nelson as Commissioner to the Coles County Airport Authority. Immediately after that meeting, I questioned Mattoon’s...
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...
Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) – Mattoon Mayor Tim Gover During the first City Council meeting of 2020, Mattoon Mayor Tim Gover appointed Mark Nelson as Commissioner of the Coles County Airport...
Coles Co. (ECWd) – UPDATE 4-21-2021: Hilary Rawlings was found NOT GUILTY during a bench trial on 4-20-2021. The Jury Trial for Hilary Rawlings, former Mattoon area Special Education Nurse,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) – On January 17, 2020, Michael “Shane” West plead Not Guilty to the charges of DUI. On January 21, 2020, West appeared in court again, and waived...
Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) – On December 20, 2019 at approximately 11:48 p.m., at Old State Road and 610 East, in Coles County, Mattoon Police Officer / School Resource Officer Michael...
COLES County (ECWd) – A “Complaint and Cease and Desist” was recently filed with the Coles County Board alleging the Coles County State’s Attorney, Mr. Jesse Danley, has been using...
Coles Co. (ECWd) – The Concerned Taxpayers of Coles County group asked for our help almost three years ago regarding the County Assessments. One of the first key items we...