On November 21, 2025, former Dolton Police Chief Lewis Lacey pled GUILTY to bankruptcy fraud. Lacey was appointed to his position during the disastrous Mayoral reign of ...

It would take a book to cover all the things that have taken place in the Coles County State’s Attorney’s office in the dealings with now convicted Assistant State’s Attorney Brady Allen. We first ...

The City of Mattoon, Illinois, portrayed a shocking ignorance of the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act during its meeting on November 18, 2025, when its attorney or ...

Cody Brands filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Shelby County and its dive team on December 23, 2024. Mr. Brands is an associate member of The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy ...

With the sudden interest in the Federal government’s payments to POLITICO subscriptions, we decided to update an article from several years ago on the public monies paid to Capitol Fax and POLITICO ...

This article is related to our previous articles, found here and here, and we encourage everyone to read them to gain a better understanding of the entire process taking ...

This appears to be yet another one of those times when all you can say is you can’t make this crap up. The Chairman of the Police Committee of Arcola, Illinois, ...

An off-duty Bolingbrook Police Officer was involved in an apparent road-rage incident while driving through Oswego, Illinois this past February. During the incident, and according to the police ...

We published this article yesterday and outlined that we would update when we hear back from the entities referenced, Arcola and Mattoon. After publication, the City of ...

According to the Court Docket, Will County Board Member Jackie Traynere was charged (again) on August 18, 2025, with failure to yield right of way to pedestrian in crosswalk. Traynere is schedule to ...

Responses to a Freedom of Information Act request indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing its investigation of Paris School District 95, at least as late as May of 2025. In May ...

We can now confirm a second criminal Federal Grand Jury subpoena was issued to the Administration of the Professional Development Alliance, an entity created through an agreement with the former ...