We would like to think there are times when something as simple as a classic Christmas movie can put things in perspective.

A Federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been filed in the Central District of Illinois naming Tad Mayhall in his individual ...

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 ...

Residents of the Village of Tinley Park (a suburb southwest of Chicago) are up in arms and are revolting against the Village Board for attempting to sneak in a low income housing project into the ...

The Thornton Township Meeting of the Electors was held in a packed gymnasium at the South Suburban Community College. The ...

Rob Dorman and Doug Hulme have filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court naming the Cities of Edwardsville, Alton, Granite City, and Collinsville as Defendants for their part in the Madison ...

As suspected, Objectors filed their objections to the petitions asking for a referendum question to abandon electing Rantoul Village Trustees by district. Just as in 2023, the “bottom line” of the ...

United States (ECWd) - Judge Beryl A. Howelll signed an order today in a matter tied to an alleged Bribery for Pardon Scheme involving a "Secret Lobbying Scheme in which two unnamed people acted as ...

During this month’s regular board meeting, Chairman Tad Mayhall took no action on the appointment of James Mitchell to the ...

Appellate Court’s reversing a previous ruling, and now at a Jury trial, Tyler Abbott was acquitted of charges by a Coles County Jury late this morning in Coles County Circuit Court. Let’s assume you ...

Feel free to join us for a Watchdog Training Session in Dolton, Ill. on October 7, 2023, from 8:00 am until Noon. This is a four-hour session where we will discuss local government, open meetings, ...

The evening of November 3, 2022, after making attendees wait for more than 90 minutes past the advertised start time, Thorton Township Supervisor finally appeared at a scheduled Township event: ...