On June 24, 2025, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor issued Binding Opinion 25-007 stating the City of ...

DeWitt Co. (ECWd) – During the May 23, 2024, county board meeting, it was announced that Chairman Matthews had withdrawn his candidacy for office and will not be on the November 2024 ballot. The ...

Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) – 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 ...

Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was named in a civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023.  The case was filed by Chad ...

We noted in a prior Shelby County article that Shelby County is one of 62 counties now being sued in federal court, thanks to ...

Cabot, Arkansas (ECWd) – During a recent trip to Arkansas, I had to clean up the coffee I spit from my mouth upon being told the local school had installed litter boxes in the bathrooms for the “cat” ...

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 ...

We covered the dismissal of the Sheriff from the lawsuit brought by Chad Hammond in this article.  According to the public ...

Will and Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, ...

Christian Co. (ECWd) – We covered the Assumption Alderman and Fire Protection District Fire Chief Herbert Palmer and his wife, Angela Palmer’s, arrest last month in this article. After that ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Governor Pritzker appointed Matthew Coates to the Prisoner Review Board last Friday. Coates, at the time of his appointment, was still listed as Director of Communications ...

FLORIDA (ECWd) – Editor’s note 4-22-2023: We updated this article with new photos. After enduring more than two years of relentless, abusive, and unwarranted web-based and social media attacks on our ...