Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) – During the first City Council meeting of 2020, Mattoon Mayor Tim Gover appointed Mark Nelson as Commissioner of the Coles County Airport Authority. Nelson is an employee of […]
Coles Co. (ECWd) – The Jury Trial for Hilary Rawlings, former Mattoon area Special Education Nurse, was vacated. The trial was previously scheduled for January 14, 2020. There is a Status Hearing […]
Edgar CO. (ECWd) – Courtni Hays, is scheduled for a Hearing on January 30, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. for a negotiated plea to the charges of theft of between $10,000 and $100,000 […]
Coles Co. (ECWd) – On January 17, 2020, Michael “Shane” West plead Not Guilty to the charges of DUI. On January 21, 2020, West appeared in court again, and waived formal reading […]
WILL Co. (ECWd) – John Norton, former appointed Wesley Township Road Commissioner, ousted by the voters in 2017, filed a Motion to Reconsider the Plenary Order of Protection granted against him last […]
Wesley Township, Will County, IL. (ECWd) – The former Wesley Township Road Commissioner (appointed to the vacancy in 2013 and never elected) thought it might be a good idea to reap (unlawful) […]
Frankfort, IL. (ECWd) – Alexander “Alex” Petrakis, Associate Principal at Lincoln-Way East High School, resigned his employment effective January 15, 2020. We applaud him for doing the right thing. The School Board […]
Collison, IL. (ECWd) – One of our readers, Ted Hartke, provided us with the following: Report of wind turbine transformer (at the turbine’s base) on fire at 5:44 PM, Thursday, Jan 16, […]
Frankfort, IL. (ECWd) – Alexander “Alex” Petrakis, Associate Principal at Lincoln-Way East High School, was arrested and charged with DUI on November 23, 2019 in Lockport, Illinois. When I called him at […]
Joliet Township (ECWd) – As you listen to this recording of the Joliet Township Board of Trustees Executive (Closed) Session of the June 11, 2019 meeting, remember these things: Road District employees […]
Vermilion County, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor has determined that the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners violated the Open Meetings Act on June 19, 2018 […]
U.S. (ECWd) – SCOTUS is hearing a major public corruption case, aka “Bridgegate” on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 which could impact future public corruptions cases nationwide, including those in Illinois. This case […]
Vermilion, IL. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Sheriff’s Department served a warrant on former Vermilion (Paris Fire Protection District) Fireman Dale Colter, who was arrested at 8:40 a.m. on January 6, 2020, […]
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) – Earlier last year, the City of Kankakee appointed its City Comptroller to the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency Board – the appointment comes with a $600 per month paycheck. […]
JOLIET TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – We don’t know what was going through his head when he made the following comments, but it appears he doesn’t think women can work as good as men […]
Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) – On December 20, 2019 at approximately 11:48 p.m., at Old State Road and 610 East, in Coles County, Mattoon Police Officer / School Resource Officer Michael Shane West, […]
Joliet Twp. (ECWd) – A few weeks ago we published an article detailing how Joliet Township passed an improper Compensation Setting Ordinance for the Township Clerk back in 2016. Read it here. […]
DuPage County (ECWd) – This afternoon, the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor released a determination stating that DuPage County violated the Freedom of Information Act when it refused to provide W2s for […]
Edgar County (ECWd) – A few weeks ago we published an article alleging theft of public funds by a member of the Vermilion, IL (Edgar County) Fire Department, Paris Community Fire Protection […]
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – On December 23, 2019, Edgar County Special Service Area Ambulance v. Edgar County was heard in Circuit Court. The Court (Judge Shick) DENIED Edgar County’s Motion to Dismiss […]
Joliet Township (ECWd) – Information gleaned from the June 11, 2019, Joliet Township Board of Trustees closed session audio recording is shocking. This is the first time we have an irrefutable witness […]
Joliet Township (ECWd) – After discovering Joliet Township went into a closed meeting on June 11, 2019 to discuss Road District personnel, we requested the minutes and audio recording from that closed […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – We encourage everyone to read the first article in this series at this link. As we continue to compare the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Final Report on the […]
Paris, IL. (ECWd) – Video of the Edgar County Watchdogs’ 2019 Year in Review is below. Enjoy 🙂 .
Vermilion, DuPage, Rock Island, Sangamon, Henry, and Mclean Counties (ECWd) – Updated: 12-27-2019 @ 0910 hrs. to include Henry County and the Kewanee Airport Authority During 2017, 2018, and 2019, we were […]
ECWd – As another productive year ends, we wish to thank all those who donated to us this past year. We will publish a “Year in Review” video next week noting our […]
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – Read ‘em and weep: .
Onarga, IL. (ECWd) – On December 23, 2019, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor issued a determination that the Onarga Public Library District violated Section 2.02(a) of the Open Meetings Act […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – During this week’s DuPage Township meeting I raised the issue of Trustee Oliver’s lack of being a person of her word. For months Oliver went to great strides […]
Freeport, IL. (ECWd) – Apparently the Freeport Housing Authority is under a federal criminal investigation. The US Department of Justice issued a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena to the Freeport Housing Authority on […]
