Back in April of 2021, Nicholas Banning filed a federal lawsuit against numerous defendants, including Shelby County. We covered that case in articles, here and here. The named Shelby County ...

In a Complaint filed by the Administrator of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on October 30, 2024, attorney Lauren B. McQueen has been accused of theft from the Champaign ...

Oakland resident Kyley Willison was one of the three family member trustees for the Oakland Fire Protection District and along with his father was charged with multiple felony crimes for alleged theft ...

Dolton’s former Assistant Police Chief Lewis Lacey is no longer listed as a certified police officer in the ILETSB officer certification database. Lacey is the officer who was indicted by a federal ...

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” kids. The story continued ...

Just prior to the February 6, 2025, Shelby County Public Safety Committee meeting, a committee member can be heard asking if Austin Pritchard was on the committee, the chairman responded that he was ...

In a case which should have never been brought, the Appellate Court upheld the Calumet City Electoral Board’s decision to deny Nyota Figgs’ objection ...

After the frivolous and unwarranted subpoena (which was later quashed by the court) filed by Shelby County State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery against the county’s contracted auditor, and after the County ...

We recently exposed payroll records for the Health Department that indicated a person was working when in reality they were ...

Robert Shelton, the current Mayor of the Village of Hebron, wheels into the Police Department on his motorcycle to complain about a personal vehicle parked in the Police Sally Port. A sally port is a ...

The Pecatonica Township Clerk has allegedly taken it upon herself to remove candidates from the ballot for “apparent nonconforming” petitions, ...

For years we have said legal opinions need to be in writing. A written opinion tells the public the reasoning for the opinion expressed, and from that, people can learn many things. In the case of ...