Nicholas Banning almost died while incarcerated at the Shelby County Jail during the term of former Sheriff Koonce.  We first ...

We can now confirm a second criminal Federal Grand Jury subpoena was issued to the Administration of the Professional ...

This is an update on the Illinois Secretary of State’s  (“SOS”) letter to Kane County and the United States Department of ...

On May 23, 2025, Tiffany Henyard was found in Contempt of Court and ordered to appear on May 30, 2025, at 10:30 am. If she ...

According to the Federal Court docket, Shelby County, along with its contracted health care provider for the jail, Advanced ...

Judge Ramona Sullivan issued an Emergency Order of Protection in June of 2022 against a Mahomet Township resident Brian Anderson. After a motion to change judges and an extensive delay with discovery ...

Washington, D.C. (ECWd) – ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY MICHAEL SHERWIN FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND FBI WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE ADIC STEVEN D’ANTUONO PROVIDE UPDATE ON CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO… ...

UPDATE: 10-3-2024 – Court dismissed the Rule to Show Cause against Henyard “without prejudice”, meaning this can be included in any future filings. Henyard was also admonished by the Court, she ...

Our previous article referenced a complaint I sent to the Director of the Secretary of State Police (read it here) alleging fraudulent Municipal Police license plates and police equipment on two ...

From Illinois Answers Project: A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. How much has changed? ECWd note: Current Coles ...

The outgoing Mayor of Nason, Illinois, Michelle McKinney, was allegedly arrested today for matters unrelated to Village business. For reasons not yet known, she was cuffed and muzzled before being ...

This is yet another one of the cases where you simply have to say, you can’t make this stuff up. WAND News ran this story two days ago. The named DCFS employee in the story, Deborah Riley, jumped out ...