A Federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been filed in the Central District of Illinois naming Tad Mayhall in his individual ...

After we published the article on the allegation that an IDOT employee fired his personal firearm at work after a workplace prank on him by other IDOT workers (here), the Illinois Department of ...

Facebook user Joy Schreiber noticed that the Illinois Bingo License and Tax Act permits local governments to conduct BINGO games “subject to” the restriction of a $10 maximum prize value for each game ...

After years of success in rooting out public corruption and malfeasance in Edgar County, we still hear the claim, Edgar County is the most corrupt county in the state. Local success led to people in ...

There have been alot of rumors spreading thoughout Edgar County the past few weeks, hopefully this will bring some of them to light. Today, the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District and Chester ...

During this month’s regular board meeting, Chairman Tad Mayhall took no action on the appointment of James Mitchell to the ...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In part one of this two-part series, we pointed out the pitfalls to a State's Attorney being present during county board meetings. Below is a great history lesson which supports ...

Yesterday I filed a four-count lawsuit against the City of Carlinville for its refusal to produce public records requested on January 16, 2017. Pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (“FOIA”), ...

As another year draws to a close, we are excited about what lies ahead. We published more than 300 articles this year alone and have continued receiving an average of more than 1.5 million visitors ...

During today’s scheduled Hearing, Barry Wolfe, the former AAU Girls Basketball Coach from Martinsville, Il. appeared in custody and filed several Motions, one of them to Change Venue (move the trial ...

New Lenox, IL. (ECWd) - In December of 2015, we published our first of many articles on the former Lincoln-Way School Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie. Our investigation revealed improper employment ...

The contested County Board seat for District 2 between current County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon and challenger Mark Bennett resulted in Bennett unseating Cannon with 76.64% of the vote, 100% of the ...