ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Fred Finchum, Mayor of Atlanta, Illinois has resigned, or will resign at tomorrow's City Council meeting. Finchum has been in office since 2009 with a salary of $9000 per year. The Agenda states the council will accept his resignation and appoint an Acting Mayor. . Our...
GILMAN, IL. (ECWd) - We had previously reported on the inaccurate comments made by Iroquois West CUSD #10's Superintendent on the cost of FOIA request made by the Watchdogs (here); she told the Gilman Star it costs the School District $2,977.00 to respond to our FOIA...
DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representatives Tim Butler, Dan Caulkins, and Brad Halbrook will conduct a Moderated Town Hall style panel discussion on legislation that affects: Second Amendment Rights, Pro-Life Values, Taxes and Spending, Legalization of Cannabis and more. This will be held in the Decatur...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - On March 3, 2019, Wheeling Village Trustee Joe Vito decided to tell the other candidates running for village trustee how to run their campaigns in respect to campaign signage, where it could be placed, and what he would do with their signs. Vito...
GILMAN, IL. (ECWd) - This article will cover three issues; Costs of complying with Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") requests, who asked us to send FOIA requests, and School Board Member Kyle Kraft's offensive comments. CRAZY:Â The Watchdogs cost the school district $2977 in lost personnel hours...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently, former DuPage Township Supervisor William Mayer has a problem with people posting negative comments about him in the closed Facebook group "Bolingbrook Politics" and contacted his attorney to threaten at least one of its administrators. On March 22, 2019, attorney John R....
ALORTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to local residents, on March 17, 2019, Alorton Village Mayor Jo Ann Reed was spotted using the Village of Alorton's Police vehicle to distribute sample ballots with her preferred candidate's names checked off. Our source indicated that Reed handed out the ballot...
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 Information Act by denying public records request for an unredacted copy of a Federal...
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 at this time. Photos and video submitted by a reader are below: [gallery type="rectangular" ids="51097,51098,51099,51100,51101,51102,51103"] . [video width="480" height="848" mp4="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ShoresJewelry-Fire.mp4"][/video] . ...
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 the Fire Chief "explaining" the Bond referendum to those who choose to watch it. UPDATE: The...
