The Shelby County, Illinois, State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery is once again facing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit regarding her improper denial of records. A ...

As further evidence that there was a previous unlawful appointment of Shelby County Board Member Teresa Boehm to the Rose Township Cemetery Board (holding both offices), State Senator Steve McClure ...

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 strides in bashing the County ...

During last night’s Village of Rochester special meeting, Mayor Suerdieck refused to provide the public with any details of the settlement agreement. We had reported yesterday in this article, that ...

A warrant for the arrest of Huell Collier was filed in Lake County, Illinois on December 6, 2021, related to criminal misdemeanor charges of harassment through electronic communications, 720 ILCS 5/36 ...

We covered the police reports related to the investigation and later prosecution of Kyley Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District Trustee in this article. Did the investigation miss some ...

State Senator Michael Hastings (D-Matteson) is alleged to have called his ex-wife Kathleen a “fat c**t” and a “stupid b**ch” while giving her “the middle finger” at their child’s soccer game in ...

Shaw Local has reported that Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser has thrown her hat in the ring for an appointment to a vacant judicial seat after the ...

At 6:40 p.m. on Friday evening, November 4, 2022, Champaign County Associate Judge Anna M. Benjamin signed a Temporary Restraining Order against Champaign County Clerk Arron Ammons, and Deputy Clerk ...

On September 19, 2025, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended the law license of Lauren B. McQueen, Assistant State’s Attorney for Edgar County. Ms. McQueen, who was licensed in 2019, was suspended for ...

Budgets adopted by public bodies are supposed to have a purpose and accountability for spending by each elected office. When a county adopts its budget, it is a contract ...

Friday night, October 24, 2025, two U.S. citizens were killed in a head-on collision in Clark County, Illinois, just west of Westfield, IL. Two others were also injured in the accident. Michael and ...