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...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Acting District 95 Superintendent Bailey sent the following email out this evening: There was a special board meeting this evening at 5:00 p.m. The following action was taken: The Board accepted the resignation of Jaime Larson as an elementary teacher effective December 31, 2023. ...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Opinion: After reading about all of the municipalities in and around Cook County, Illinois passing Ordinances and Executive Orders geared towards limiting the dropping off of individuals traveling from Texas, something immediately didn't seem right. Since when must anyone riding a bus subject themselves...
Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We received a tip in mid 2020 complaining of Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen's conduct towards young women being prosecuted and some already prosecuted by the office he was an assistant prosecutor for. We verified the authenticity of certain facts,...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties (ECWd) - The 27-year Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") between the Will County and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, which set up the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA"), will dissolve on December 31, 2023. According to the initial IGA and the dissolution agreement signed on December 14,...
