Grundy and Kendall Counties (ECWd) - Chris Mehochko, the Superintendent of the Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education ("GKROE"), has been handing out Christmas or Holiday bonuses like candy to the ROE employees for the past several years. In 2020, there were a total of 23 separate...
Effingham Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Press Release: January 18, 2024 Effingham County YouTube channel Effingham, IL, January 18, 2024 – This year, we see a new face of Effingham County with the launch of their new website. Along with this new, improved website, the County Board has also...
McLean Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a determination stating the Executive Committee of the McLean County Board violated the Open Meetings Act ("OMA") by prohibiting a person from speaking during public comment at their November 13, 2023 meeting. Apparently,...
White Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We first looked into some aspects of this back in 2018, when we published an article critical of a now-former White Couty Associate Judge, Mark Stanley, who is alleged to have made judicial financial rulings in a civil case favoring his...
Illinois (ECWd) - SPRINGFIELD – Eight Illinois communities will share nearly $2.4 million in grants to expand access to outdoor recreation, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today. The grants come from the National Park Service’s Land and Water Conservation Fund...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The manufactured public outrage about the Shelby County Dive Team continued at last night's Shelby County board meeting by the same select few. The county board has continually been blamed for the resignations of the dive team members, when the former...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - At the end of December 2023, Paris School District 95 accepted the resignation of its now-former superintendent, Jeremy Larson, and entered into a mutual separation agreement with him. Part of his separation agreement (below) included stipulations that the district would not seek any...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Press Release 1-3-2024: A missing child from Pana, Illinois was recently located in Shelbyville, Illinois. Based on information obtained in locating the child and other evidence available to investigators, the Shelbyville Police arrested Kristopher R. Karcher of the 100 block of North Broadway,...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard has been sued by Dolton Village Trustees Jason House, Brittney Norwood, Kiana Blecher, and Tammy Brown, and the Village Clerk Alison Key, alleging, among other things, that Mayor Henyard forged checks by using the Clerk's stamp on village...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties (ECWd) - The 27-year Professional Development Alliance ("PDA") of the Will County and Grundy Kendall County Regional Offices of Education officially dissolved over the weekend and its website was promptly removed from public viewing on January 1, 2024. The PDA has been the subject of...
