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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We encourage everyone to read the first article in this series at this link. As we continue to compare the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Final Report on the criminal investigation of Algonquin ...

The boy who is alleged to have fired upon classmates at the high school in Mattoon a few weeks ago is back in the headlines today with release of information that a psychiatrist is involved. The news ...

This article was written by Jeff P. Hutson and is reposted with permission. We’ve heard about the scandal for months. 600+ pages of proof, evidence, and documents. Yet there is still so much ...