KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Dennis Rettke, Limestone Township Supervisor has resigned from office. This comes at a troubling time for Limestone Township, after several months of township residents attending meetings and lodging complaints against the Limestone Township Highway Commissioner and the Board for allowing him to conduct...
KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Kansas, Illinois Police Department has hired a new part-time police officer. His name is Ed Motley and he comes with a little experience: 2 years in the United States Army - deployed to Vietnam 25 year of corrections experience culminating...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Enjoy! It was a hot one this year...
Northern Illinois University - (ECWd) - Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment was filed, along with the Memorandum in Support of the Motion, in the Open Meetings Act Complaint against Northern Illinois University's Board of Trustees for the actions that took place during the meeting in which...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: JR Manker [email protected] Tyson Manker Announces Exploratory Committee for Illinois Attorney General September 22, 2017 (South Jacksonville, IL) – Tyson Manker, a lifelong Illinoisan, attorney, and military combat veteran of the Iraq war, formed an exploratory committee to investigate the possibility of...
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....
