Two Thornton Township Trustees published a press release detailing why they will not attend the special township meeting ...

Last Tuesday the Shelby County Farm Sale TRO case had yet another hearing in which neither the county chairman nor the county ...

A lot has happened since our last update on Tiffany Henyard, the Village of Dolton, and Thornton Township. Township trustee ...

With deep sadness, we report that Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of Open The Books – “Every Dime. Online. In Real Time.” passed away over the weekend. See Press Release below. As former candidate ...

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the former Wayne City police chief with selling forfeited items ...

From Illinois Answers Project: A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. How much has changed? ECWd note: Current Coles ...

Public bodies are prohibited from advocating for or against ballot measures or candidates for public office (electioneering), ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”) conducted a “search” on a Paris home located at 709 Tenbroeck Street, a few blocks north of the old Sav-A-Lot building. The Edgar County Assessor’s office ...

Wells was previously charged with the aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges and arrested on February 9, 2018. The additional charges are four counts of child pornography. Pretrial is scheduled for ...

Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc. has been in operation for more than a decade – only through dogged reporting can faith in local government return. It has been an exciting decade for us and for the public ...

The Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff’s office several years ago. While we were able to obtain the ...

Yesterday we filed a Petition and Motion to Intervene in the Boehm v. Shelby County case filed several weeks ago attempting ...