Jersey County Treasurer Katie Abbey has been under investigation by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit since at least October of 2024, after allegations surfaced of her misappropriation ...

I was shocked to be informed that a request by the Velsicol property owners to sell the property to the City was even being considered by Marshall’s Mayor and the Economic Development person. I ...

IKEA (the furniture company) and APEX (a wind energy company) failed to make payments to Ambassador Steel Fabrication, LLS from Auburn, Indiana. The failure of IKEA and APEX to make their payments in ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Pics we shot this afternoon of the Paris Fire Department installing the Christmas tree decorations on the south yard of the Edgar County Courthouse. The annual "Christmas in Paris" ...

Today, the State’s Attorney of Saline County charged the Harrisburg Township Assessor, April Elaine Clayton, with maintaining an unlawful pecuniary interest in work and services performed for ...

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 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 ...

Shelby County and the Shelby County Dive Team were once again named Defendants in a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) Lawsuit alleging the county and its dive team failed to properly respond to ...

During today’s Hearing on the liquor license dispute where Tiffany Henyard, as Mayor of Dolton, Illinois, refused to sign ...

Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was hit with a medical-related civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023.  The suit was ...