ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – On March 21, 2019, the Edgar County Watchdogs filed an FOIA lawsuit in Logan County Circuit Court alleging that the Atlanta Public Library District violated the Freedom of […]
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) – Happening now: Shores Jewelry fire in downtown Mattoon, Illinois. Emergency crews are on the scene. The fire started just prior to 6 p.m. today. No further information available […]
Homer Township (ECWd) – It appears that the Homer Township Fire Protection District is electioneering using fire district resources. On its webpage, HomerFire.org, it prominently displays a link to a video of […]
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) – Below is a video clip, from WLS-TV, of the Paris Marching Tigers in the 2019 Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade. They were entry number 41 in the parade. […]
DeKalb Township (ECWd) – In our initial report (here) on DeKalb Township’s Shacklee purchases, we pretty much predicted what we would find after further public records were produced. In the video, we […]
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – A critic of the Atlanta Public Library Board has, in the past, opined on alleged “linger-longer” meetings of the library board held after its public meetings. The board […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Video of testimony provided on HB2988 during the Committee Hearing held last week. .
McHenry Co., IL. (ECWd) – Today’s Hearing on our Motion to Quash a second subpoena filed by Algonquin Township in their attempt at gaining access to our Dropbox folder resulted in the […]
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – An explanation, by candidates for library trustee, of alcohol purchases and consumption on the Atlanta Library District’s property is somewhat, and I believe intentionally, misleading. This statement was […]
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – Today, Dawn Wintz, an employee of the City of Atlanta in the capacity as an EMTS with the Atlanta Rescue Squad, decided to attend the write-in candidate Meet […]
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) – Earlier this week the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency was called to Mill Creek Lake in rural Clark County, Illinois. A houseboat owned by “Jason” (who resides in […]
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) – This afternoon, a Grand Jury issued a True Bill of Indictment against Jussie Smollett. The indictment (HERE or read it below) indicates 16 Counts of “False Report of […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – During the Executive Session of the DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, held February 15, 2019, “heated” discussions were held between Trustees – this was the closed session […]
Algonquin Township (ECWd) – Most normal people would think the right thing to do would be for Algonquin Township to simply provide the records we requested under the Freedom of Information Act […]
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) – Hilary Rawlings, 35, a school nurse with the East Central Illinois Area of Special Education (“EIASE”), was arrested on February 13, 2019, and charged with six Class 1 […]
Naperville Township (ECWd) – In January we requested public records from the Naperville Township Road District and Naperville Township, mainly consisting of credit card statements, emails, and attorney legal invoices. Some things […]
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) – Something is wrong in the Atlanta Library District. They will be quick to tell you “nothing to see here” – but when a Federal Grand Jury has subpoenaed […]
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) – This election cycle, citizens and candidates for the offices of Atlanta Library District Trustee and City of Atlanta Alderman filed objections to the petitions of other candidates for […]
Algonquin Township (ECWd) – Rarely do we get an opportunity as has been presented to us by Algonquin Township Trustee Melissa Victor. Meeting after meeting, for the most part of last year, […]
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – We have been notified that the current Wesley Township Highway Commissioner, Travis Parsley, has file a Police report with the Wilmington Police Department alleging Wesley Township Trustee, James […]
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) – From Disclosure News Online: The Illinois State Police (ISP) responded to Danville, Indiana on February 25, 2019, to investigate the 2016 cold case murder of Kaylyn Whitaker. […]
Edgar (ECWd) – Edgar County Sheriff Deputy Dee Burgin has found himself in yet another Federal civil rights case resulting from what appears to be yet another case of violating a person’s civil […]
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) – Otis Steward, Special Investigator for the Madison County State’s Attorney, was spotted entering the driver’s side of a Madison County vehicle with what the source of the […]
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) – In reference to our lawsuit alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act, on February 19, 2019, Cook County Judge Pamela McLean Meyerson Ordered the Village of Wheeling […]
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) – Some say there is “chaos” in Algonquin Township. For those that are not familiar with false narrative writing, it begins with pointing to a predisposed position, in this […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – After a nearly 3-hour closed session, the DuPage Township Board of Trustees entertained a vote to appoint Felix George as Township Supervisor. The vote was a 2-2 tie, […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – UPDATE: Copy of Court Order inserted at end of article. Today, the McHenry County Circuit Court granted our Emergency Motion To Quash a subpoena from Algonquin Township directed […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – Below are the unredacted Closed Session Minutes of the January 9, 2019 meeting of the Algonquin Township Board. The Board had previously released a redacted version, but this […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – We made a short video explaining what happens when a Township Supervisor resigns. It is a fairly straight-forward process, once you understand that the Township Code, the Open […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – View the video from February 4, 2019 below. There was a meeting of the DuPage Township Board called for Feb 4th, Trustees Maripat Oliver and Ken Burgess decided […]
