The investigation into alleged misappropriated funds from Warrick County Animal Control has resulted in another arrest. During the investigation, Indiana State Police Detective Patrick Stinson ...

NPR ILLINOIS: State’s Top Fiscal Watchdog Misspent Nearly $250K In Campaign Funds, High Court Finds Investigative Reporter and Editors ("IRE"): Four finalists selected for 2021 Golden Padlock Award ...

In January we reported that Kattie Abbey, the Jersey County Treasurer, was under Illinois State Police investigation for ...

Hypocrisy is the word that comes to mind for the unilateral action taken by Shelby County Chairman Tad Mayhall and the current lease for the farming of the county farm ground. During the prior board’s ...

Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against the Village after ...

Jackie Traynere, one of the administrators in DuPage Township, tendered her resignation on April 17, 2025, with an effective ...

We were provided with the receipts produced to Frank Ghorbani under the Freedom of Information Act for all expenses for Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s “Friends of Tiffany Henyard” ...

The Village of Poplar Grove’s election this month was supposed to elect the village president, some village trustees, and the village clerk. When it came time for the village clerk, Karri Miller, to ...

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced charges against two Chicago police officers and a former Cook County assistant state’s attorney over their alleged participation in a scheme to ...

Public hearings on the siting application for “Coles Wind” are underway in the Coles County Courthouse.

When we see such clear evidence of wrongdoing with taxpayer money and no one is charged, more often than not, local relationships hold the clues as to why we have little accountability at the local ...

The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) has issued a determination that the Dalzell Fire Protection District violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) when the majority of a ...