Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County Board passed a credit card policy during their last regular meeting. When board member Tim Brown questioned the reasoning for adopting the policy since they ...

KANSAS, ILL. (ECWD) – Gun fire rang out outside the Kansas, Illinois public housing complex. An apparent dispute between family and friends of family members ended up in a gunfight outside Kansas ...

We recently published the Attorney General’s opinion that Urbana recently violated the Open Meetings Act twice by their content-based prohibiting of certain public comment during meetings. We redacted ...

Dolton, IL (ECWd) – Since May of 2021, Tiffany Henyard, Mayor of Dolton, Illinois has had her personal security detail follow her around nearly 24 hours a day. The three individuals indicated in ...

Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) – We broke the story about Brady Allen in August of 2020; he was indicted 29 months later – read the articles HERE. ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA FROM FORMER COLES ...

Pecatonica, Ill. (ECWd) – PRESS RELEASE: Pecatonica Township and Candidates Win Lawsuit Against Township Clerk Kelly Olson-Fuca On March 10, 2025, Winnebago County Chief Judge Lisa Fabiano r… ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – In a Section 1983 lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois, Dolton, Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard and several Dolton police officers (Hopson, Devries, and Harris) are ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – Dolton’s former Assistant Police Chief Lewis Lacey is no longer listed as a certified police officer in the ILETSB officer certification database. Lacey is the officer who was ...

James Rowe will serve on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.* Rowe serves as the State’s Attorney for the Kankakee County State’s Attorneys’ Office where he prosecutes violations of ...

There has been considerable discussion on the amount of noise produced by solar farms, and a proposed solar farm project Vermilion County. According to one ...

As part of his guilty plea and sentencing, Kyley Willison was required to pay $236,000 in restitution, with his first payment due on or before June 16, 2025, in the amount of $100,000. On June 16, ...

Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against the Village after ...