Colchester Fire Protection District Chief and Assistant Chief Resign After Financial Concerns Exposed – Members Call For Board President to Resign
…and Assistant Chief. The last family operation in a Fire District we covered was the Oakland Fire Protection District, where the husband, wife, and father of the husband were investigated…
Fire District Doles Out Donations And Holiday Bonuses –
…the contractor to the fire district to staff the fire house 24-7 – this is authorized under Section 11(a) of the Fire Protection District Act In December of 2024, the…
Edgar County Board Settled Lawsuit They Initially Claimed was Bogus –
…that all obligations had been met.” “Isaf was the same State’s Attorney that thought it was OK for the bi-county mass transit district to give away all the funds generated…
Letter re: Special Service Area #1 Sanitary Sewer District –
…district – serving residents of Nameoki, Chouteau, Venice Townships – learned that Illinois American Water Co. made an offer to purchase SSA #1 from Madison County for $35 million. Those…
Carol and Aaron Ammons’ Daughter Indicted On Federal Pandemic/Unemployment Fraud Charges –
Urbana, Ill. (ECWd) – Titianna Ammons was federally indicted on pandemic and unemployment fraud charges in the Central District of Illinois. Titianna Ammons is a former Champaign County Board Member,…
Total Cost Of District 95’s FOIA Lawsuit Exceeded $152,000 –
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) – We finally received the invoices from District 95’s attorneys, through school district’s insurance company. Defending against our FOIA lawsuit for a copy of a federal subpoena…
Madison County Seeking To Sell Special Service Area #1 – A Sanitary Sewer System –
…if the county sold SSA #1, Illinois American would have every right to recover its $35 million investment, plus substantial profit, plus the costs to operate the district – from…
Markham Park District’s Mismanagement of Credit Cards –
…time. After learning of Quintina Brown, the Markham Park District Executive Director’s use of the park district credit card to pay for a helicopter stunt for her daughter’s prom entrance,…
Gov Pritzker Sued Over Gerrymandered Districts And Illinois Voting Rights Act –
…draw crossover districts, coalition districts, or influence districts, Illinois has and continues to violate the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 2(a) of the Voting Rights Act….
Paris District 95 Approved $75,000 Settlement in FOIA Case –
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) – During its April 20, 2026, Regular School Board Meeting, Paris District 95 board of trustees approved a settlement agreement in the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit…