Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - We first outlined the false statement by the Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke in this article. Unfortunately, this article needed to run due to yet another statement made to the board that conflicts with the written record. After the vote for...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent Shelby County Board meeting resulted in more division of the board members, to the point of childish name-calling to those who dare vote in a manner consistent with the law rather than as opined by the State's Attorney. Nichole Kroncke, the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Sheriff is now faced with more than just possible criminal charges for the sale of seized weapons and alleged payroll fraud, which we understand a charging decision is in the hands of the Attorney General after Shelby County State's...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During a recent Shelby County Farm Committee, the State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke provided some very interesting comments regarding the legal questions surrounding the leasing of farm ground for private purposes. A recording of the meeting can be listened to at this link. Specifically,...
Illinois (ECWd) - We recently published this article regarding a county government's power as it relates to borrowing money. Within that article was the video from the meeting in which justifications were made for borrowing, however, none of those cited the applicable statute as was pointed...
Shelby Co. IL. (ECWd) - We exposed the illegal gun sales by the Shelby County Sheriff over a year ago, including proving that the accounting of the money did not balance with the public records. As we awaited action that never came from County Board members...
Shelby - (ECWd) - During the December 7, 2020, Shelby County Board reorganizational meeting, the State's Attorney advised it was ok for a board member to attend the meeting by phone. That action resulted in a tie vote for County Chairman. We covered that meeting in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber received a written legal opinion prior to the County Board meeting held last night. (see video below of meeting) Over the past year of reporting on the Shelby County farm lease and tax issues, the written opinion provided...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have been covering the Shelby County farm lease and taxation issue for over a year with this article being the first of several articles. As outlined in this article, the State's Attorney has asked the Illinois Attorney General for a legal...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board illegally hired a private attorney back in 2014 and continued paying for those services for years. When the County Treasurer could not get an answer to the legality of paying for those legal bills she refused to pay...
