Julie A. Bliss, the former Boone County Clerk, was sentenced today. She was initially arrested in late-2023, and indicted on ...

The Village of Dolton was ordered to pay more than $50,000 for their willful, intentional, and in bad faith violations of the Freedom of Information Act when it denied ...

Once again, we have to warn people of an anonymous Facebook page purporting to be affiliated with the University of Illinois College of Media (it is not), which ...

We find it amazing how the “Chicago-based” newspaper, the Shelbyville Eagle, which is based out of Cook County in a suburb of the city of Chicago, Illinois, can get something so wrong, especially a ...

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 ...

Illinois Candidate for the United States Senate, Allison Salinas (Pekin, IL.), has been sued in Circuit Court, Fayette County, Illinois. The basics of this complaint is that the Salinas campaign ...

Kyley Willison appeared in court this afternoon with his attorney. There was some discussion on figuring out restitution, then discussion on setting a bench trial date. Bench trial set for September ...

House Bill 3571 passed both Houses this past week with Senate Floor Amendment 1. SA1 permits counties and municipalities to hire non-citizens as deputy sheriffs and police officers in the same manner ...

UPDATE 4-12-2019-1945hrs.: Mayor Roger C. Claar stated that the Village Administrator hired her, she did not hire herself. Our opinion is that it doesn’t matter who actually did the hiring, but we are ...

Public bodies are prohibited from advocating for or against ballot measures or candidates for public office (electioneering), but that doesn’t stop some of them, especially in Champaign County. The ...

We provided information to the Douglas County State’s Attorney, Robert Kosic, regarding the Murdock Township Road District Highway Commissioner not residing in the district for which he was elected.

According to the Coles County Judic.com docket entries, the State reached an agreement for the Guilty plea, and that the agreement is a multi-county offer with Edgar and Moultrie.