Wayne City, Ill. (ECWd) – EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the former Wayne City police chief with selling forfeited items confiscated by the department for ...

As we continue to go through records tied to the conviction of Kyley Willison and criminally indicted father Jerry Willison, ...

There is a Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) project proposed to be located just off the (Edgar County) Illinois-Indiana ...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was named in a civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023. The case was filed by Chad Hammond, who needed medical attention while in the county ...

During their May 2025, meeting, the Board of Trustees of Hinsdale Township High School District 86 voted to approve two ...

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

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

We received additional records in the Oakland Fire Protection District criminal spending by Kyley Willison and allegedly his ...

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 ...

Jerseyville, Ill. (ECWd) – 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 ...

We covered the police reports related to the investigation and later prosecution of Kyley Willison, former Oakland Fire ...

This is what happens when public entities permit unlimited accumulation of sick time and also permit the converting of comp ...