SAWYERVILLE, MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - On September 21, 2017, a Complaint was filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court naming the Village of Sawyerville as Defendant in a public records lawsuit. It is case number 2017-MR-117. This arises out of a Freedom of Information Act request for...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - A reader sent the below photo to us thru our Twitter feed. Photo depicts a government vehicle, whose driver had behaved badly. Do they think they are special? Using the online database provided by www.GovPlates.com, we found the horribly parked vehicle belongs to PACE Suburban Bus...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - First, we would like to thank the Coles County 911 office for their quick response to this FOIA request for the 911 calls from today's shooting at the Mattoon High School. We also thank the first responders for their quick action in this...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - We were on site after being notified of the shooting at Mattoon High School in Mattoon, IL. while WAND's reporter was giving a live report to WAND, we suggest you go there for updates: wandtv.com According to reports from WAND, a student opened fire,...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - Last night's Village of Wheeling's Board of Trustees meeting is one that will surely be forever remembered. During the public comment of the liquor commission, speakers talked about what they believed to be bad advice given to the board by their attorney, James V....
EFFINGHAM CO., IL. (ECWd) - Elizabeth Weidner spoke about childhood cancer during the September 2017 Effingham County Board meeting. Immediately afterward, the county chairman read a proclamation regarding childhood cancer awareness. Elizabeth is the 2017 Junior Miss Effingham County, Cancer Warrior and is fighting Stage IV Neuroblastoma which...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Work is progressing on the new Dollar Tree in Paris, Illinois. It is located between the RIDES Mass Transit District building and Auto Zone (across from Kroger). ...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - During the Budget and Appropriations Hearing, the Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees was grilled over their attempts at "cooking the books[1]" of the Grill Café restaurant by trying to push it off as an entity somewhat not affiliated with the...
STARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - According to the Stark County News website (click here), Stark County Board Member Robin Lindner resigned from the board effective September 1, 2017. She had been appointed by former board chair Magnussen, who herself and vice-chair Zerla both abruptly resigned after several...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - This is the reason I asked the Atlanta Public Library Board if they budgeted for environmental clean-up. I can still smell that nasty smell...
