16 May Kane County Court issued Restraining Order against U46 School District –
ELGIN, IL. (ECWd) - UDATED with copy of restraining order...
ELGIN, IL. (ECWd) - UDATED with copy of restraining order...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Bridget Bittman (former Orland Park Public Library spokesman) was defeated again today, 5/16/16, when federal Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. dismissed her lawsuit against Dan Kleinman (of the watchdog group Safe Libraries) with prejudice. This means that Bittman cannot refile against...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - UPDATE at this article: (click here). U46 School Board member Jeanette Ward has requested to listen to closed session recordings multiple times, and the District has refused to allow it in spite of the legal precedent set in multiple court cases that...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the May 11, 2016, Edgar County Board Meeting, Jimmy Wells, former airport "manager" who long ago resigned his position, spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. The first thing he did was to pass around an "economic impact study" completed...
Oak Forest, IL. - (ECWd) - Monday's Agenda (May 17, 2016) for the Forest Ridge School District 142 Board Meeting includes a "Vote on Resolution of Censure". If this Censure is against newly elected Board Member Roxanna Agler, we believe it is wrong and is an attempt...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - When out of control public officials of a public body do things behind closed doors it's no surprise the steps they will take to cover-up or hide their improper and possibly illegal actions. We first exposed such a gross abuse of power...
UPDATED Kane Co. (ECWd) - Un-elected official: 105 ILCS 5/10-14 - The Secretary of Board of education, commonly known as the Clerk of a school board, shall be elected by the board of education and may be a member thereof. District U-46 does things with what...
Invenergy accused of running misleading ad in Burrillville Bargain Buyer - At Tuesday night’s Energy Facilities Siting Board Meeting (EFSB), with Invenergy‘s Director of Development John Niland in attendance, angry residents accused the company of running a deliberately deceptive ad in the Bargain Buyer regarding the...
BENTON, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Benton held a meeting on May 9, 2016, in which they appointed several new members to the Benton Airport Board. This comes on the heals of several resignations and expired terms in the past couple of months. Rocky Morris, Tommy Carter, and...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - May 9th, 2016, the Edgar County Watchdogs, filed suit against the Illinois Arts Council Agency for allegedly violating the Freedom Of Information Act. This state agency is under the leadership of Shirley Madigan, who is listed as their Chair on the...