Before we get started, the answer is and always will be “NO.” We have received these from others in the past and have never removed an article based on any of these “compliance notices” or take-down ...

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 several FOIA requests submitted ...

From today’s Court Docket: Jury Trial resumed at 9:00 a.m. All parties present. Jurors present. Continued sworn testimony heard on behalf of the State. People’s flash drive Exhibit 2, 3 and 4 admitted ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We would like to think there are times when something as simple as a classic Christmas movie can put things in perspective. During my routine morning coffee discussion with friends in the morning, one ...

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 ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Tuscola Police Department arrested Jill Harp who was later charged with two Class 1 Felony Counts of terrorism and two Class 3 Felony Counts of false bomb alarm ...

Friday night, October 24, 2025, two U.S. citizens were killed in a head-on collision in Clark County, Illinois, just west of Westfield, IL. Two others were also injured in the accident. Michael and ...