Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski DUI arrest in this article. We have now obtained the arrest report and first want to thank the arresting officer for doing the very job he took an oath to perform. Officer...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski was arrested for DUI in Moweaqua, Illinois June 4, 2020, at 11:58 pm. We submitted a request for the actual police report and the video of the stop, however, those requests have not been fulfilled as of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Mark Bennett, future Shelby County Board member who smoked current County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon in the primary election (77-23), has filed a Declaratory Judgment Complaint in Shelby County Circuit Court regarding legal fees the Board is trying to pay to a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Chairman Bruce Cannon has once again ignored state law. Last week the Shelby County Board held a special meeting at the request of Chairman Bruce Cannon. With 14 years on the County Board, you would think he would have learned...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The auditors for Shelby County presented their report during this week's June 3, 2020, County Board meeting. While we only have the auditor's letters, they are enough to once again expose why the mandated legislative audits do little to actually fix what...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Gina Vonderheide, sent this letter to the Illinois Attorney General seeking an opinion and legal advice on the matter of the County Board hiring private legal counsel and how to move forward with those actions already taken...
Shelby Co (ECWd) - For over a year, Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber has been trying to fix the payroll accountability and fraud taking place in the County for what appears to be years, and resulted in potentially $500,000.00 in overpayments to county employees. Her primary...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - At a gathering of 30 people this morning, the Shelby County Sheriff gave his report to the Shelby County Board: We (Sheriff's Dept.) ran people off the campground - because of Governor Pritzker's Executive Order for stay at home. This point was reiterated...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- The Shelby County Board held its monthly board meeting this morning at an outdoor pavilion next to Lake Shelbyville. Including board members, there were 30 people in attendance, three times the limit established by the Executive Order of the Governor limiting groups of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We want to begin with some history dating as far back as 1961 relating to Compensation for County Board members. The purpose of the history lesson is to show that there is no excuse for some of the actions we see with...
