Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski was arrested for DUI in Moweaqua, Illinois June 4, 2020, at 11:58 pm. We submitted a request for the actual police report and the video of the stop, however, those requests have not been fulfilled as of...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Orland Park has taken to banning people from its Twitter page, which is a direct violation of the United States Constitution and flies in the face of recent United States Appeals Court decisions on public officials and public...
Will County, IL. (ECWd) - During the fourth day of the Will County Officers Electoral Board Hearing, on June 22, 2020, the Board upheld the objection to the Republican State's Attorney Candidate and voted to not place the candidate's name on the ballot for the upcoming...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker exempted local governments from Executive Order number 38. This was the EO placing Illinois in Phase 3, dated May 29, 2020, which contains the following provisions: For individuals: practice social distancing wear face covering in public when unable to maintain six...
United States - (ECWd) - For weeks the public has been told the appropriate authorities cleared John Bolton's manuscript for publication, however, we now know that was a lie. This is yet another example of absolutely pathetic reporting. Bolton not only never received any authorization clearing...
Peoria Co. (ECWd) - The Peoria City-County Public Health Department has once again exercised powers never granted in their intimidation of local businesses. They issued letters to two local businesses that contain lies and misinformation in what appears to be their form of intimidation. We will break...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's Public Access Counselor Office has determined the Madison County Sheriff violated four sections of the Freedom of Information Act by improperly withholding records requested under the Act. On May 4, 2020, Mr. Dorman submitted a request to...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - After several months of work, including moving away from our previous hosting company and moving to Amazon Web Services with CloudFlare, we are launching a newly designed website this weekend. It should be fully operational by Monday morning, without any downtime. It will have...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - A Circuit Judge in Carlinville, Illinois ruled against the City of Carlinville on 3 of 4 counts in their Motion to Dismiss the Brotze lawsuit filed several years ago challenging the city's legal authority to form a nonprofit company with a water...
PRESS RELEASE from the LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER MEDIA CONTACT: Kristen Williamson, 773-809-4403 [email protected] In response to federal lawsuit, Illinois governor invites Salem journalist Amy Jacobson back to his press briefings Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker banned Jacobson from press briefings after she broke news about his family traveling to an equestrian estate in...
