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 ...

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 ...

The Shelby County State’s Attorney, Ruth Woolery, appointed a Special Assistant State’s Attorney related to four child ...

Paris, IL. (ECWd) - A new filing for a preliminary injunction as part of a civil right lawsuit in Federal Court has asked the court to close the Edgar County Jail until such time that it meets minimum ...

In another defeat for Tiffany Henyard, Village of Dolton Mayor Pro Tem Jason House, and Trustees Brittney Norwood, Kiana Belcher, and Tammy Brown, filed for Temporary Restraining Orders against Dolton ...

The Dolton Trustees who were served with a frivolous lawsuit by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton Trustees Stanley Brown and Andrew Holmes have filed a Motion for Rule 137 Sanctions against ...

After years of success in rooting out public corruption and malfeasance in Edgar County, we still hear the claim, Edgar County is the most corrupt county in the state. Local success led to people in ...

Pics we shot this afternoon of the Paris Fire Department installing the Christmas tree decorations on the south yard of the Edgar County Courthouse.

The Shelby County Dive Commander, Austin Prichard, has refused to provide a roster of the members of the dive team after it ...

Shelby County State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery has requested a legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Opinions Bureau on the questions of conflict of interest. The ...

According to a Coles County Sheriff’s Department Press Release, Andrew Towell and Katelynn Bowman, both from Paris, Illinois, ...

We conducted a routine audit of campaign donations using the State Board of Elections database and certain keywords. One of ...