Effingham, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that the Board of Trustees of the Effingham School District were given free items (compensation) that the general public are not given, free of charge. We see this in almost every case where the legislature has explicitly...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Edited for clarity and to correct ownership of real estate...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Library Board returns some (but not all) of gold it took from taxpayers A few Orland Park Public Library trustees have now returned some (but not all) of the gold that they had accepted as rewards for being on this...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Received this tip in an email blast on a recent change to the "Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act" from the legal firm of Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - The DuPage County State's Attorney, Bob Berlin, has stated that his office will not prosecute the College of DuPage Open Meetings Act violation from four years ago in which the Illinois Attorney General determined a violation occurred, and made that determination...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: We received a phone call from the person in the photo who claims to have not meant it as a threat, but more as a safety thing while we were down around E. St. Louis. He sounded sincere, so I consider...
Paris, IL., (ECWd) - Sam Roberts, Maintenance and Technology Director of Paris School District 95, decided to leave an offensive voicemail to a mother of three students, and a volunteer at the school...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - The alleged offense is [720 ILCS 5/26-4(a)] "Unauthorized Video Recording and Live Video Transmission" of the Illinois Criminal Code, which states: (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4) Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized video recording and live video transmission. (a) It is...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - According to the College of DuPage, it has "concluded its employment relationships with Thomas J. Glaser, formerly Senior Vice President Administration and Treasurer, and Lynn M. Sapyta, formerly Assistant Vice President Financial Affairs and Controller...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board voted to appoint Derrick Lorenzen to fill the vacant county board seat after the resignation of Ben Jenness. The board also voted to elect Jeff Voigt as the County Board Chairman. In other actions, the board lowered the speed...
