For years, we have been hearing talk of how well off the county is, to the tune of over $20,000,000.00.  Those same people, some now county board members, took great ...

Nicholas Banning almost died while incarcerated at the Shelby County Jail during the term of former Sheriff Koonce. We first exposed the lawsuit brought by Banning in this article. We reported on the ...

After reviewing the video clip numerous times, boosting the audio and playing with the equalizer to reduce some of the background noise, it is clear to us that Judge Sullivan clearly said “I’m a Judge ...

We covered the dismissal of the Sheriff from the lawsuit brought by Chad Hammond in this article. According to the public records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the ...

In a November 3, 2025, letter from the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) to the Vermilion County Board Chairman, IDOT appointed the City of ...

The CRIS Rural Mass Transit District (“CRISMTD”) has never filed its required annual financial reports with the Illinois Comptroller. This issue is ...

Once again, we want the public’s input on a matter. Scenario 1:  You have been told the following on January 11, 2023: The board is going to recommend that you be ...

Shelby County, Illinois, may well be the foundation for educating America on why there is a culture of corruption in local government, just as the forensic auditor ...

Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings filed a lawsuit earlier this year directed at people he believed were responsible for disseminating messages critical of him leading up to the 2022 election.

We noted in a prior Shelby County article that Shelby County is one of 62 counties now being sued in federal court, thanks to the State of Illinois’ failing to address the illegal property tax sale ...

We recently two lawsuits against the Village of Oswego Police Department and Village of Bolingbrook Police Department for both refusing to release records about a ...

Cody Brands filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Shelby County and its dive team on December 23, 2024. Mr. Brands is an associate member of The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy ...