Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

26 Sep WAND’s Doug Wolfe talks about GovPlates.com License Plate Database –

Posted at 22:34h in Cook County, Edgar County, feature, GovPlates.com, Illinois, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - Doug Wolfe, I-TEAM, Investigative Reporter for WAND talked about GovPlates.com website, a special project of American Watchdogs, where people can track the registered owner of government licensed vehicles. Just type in the "U" or "M" license plate number and find out which public body...

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26 Sep Stanford Village Attorney falsified Original Easement –

Posted at 21:53h in feature, McLean County, Stanford by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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STANFORD, IL. (ECWd) - A week or so ago we published an article (click here) showing how the McGrath Law Office, Village Attorney for Sanford, Illinois had filed false paperwork purporting to be nothing more than a Scrivener’s Error, but that changed the effective use of...

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25 Sep Hand-written FOIA Lawsuit Leads to 111-Count Indictment Against 5 Former Arena Employees –

Posted at 12:36h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane's pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after the City of Bloomington and its disgraced Mayor Tari Renner unlawfully withheld public records under...

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25 Sep Limestone Township Supervisor Resigned –

Posted at 10:43h in feature, Kankakee County, Limestone Township by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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...

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24 Sep Kansas Police Department Hired Part Time Officer

Posted at 17:49h in Edgar County, feature, Kansas Village Board by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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23 Sep 2017 Paris Honeybee Parade Video –

Posted at 20:10h in City of Paris, Edgar County, feature, Paris Fire Department by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Enjoy! It was a hot one this year...

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22 Sep Motion for Summary Judgment filed in NIU’s Presidential Golden Parachute Vote –

Posted at 22:36h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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...

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22 Sep Tyson Manker announces exploratory committee for Illinois Attorney General –

Posted at 20:28h in Attorney General, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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...

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22 Sep Village of Sawyerville sued under Freedom of Information Act –

Posted at 07:37h in feature, Macoupin County, Sawyerville by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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...

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21 Sep PACE employee caught behaving badly with GovPlates.com –

Posted at 22:27h in feature, GovPlates.com, PACE by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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