NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this year, the Jasper County School District #1 Board of Trustees and its attorney issued a "Cease and Desist" letter to board member Jed Earnest - something that carries no legal effect and portrays the board as nothing but schoolyard playground bullies. This...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd): The Jasper County Clerk appears to have violated the Notary Public Act [5 ILCS 312] during the 2015 election cycle. In submitting his petition packet to run for the Jasper County School Board Unit 1, Jon Fulton submitted petition sheets that were notarized by...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Is Northern Illinois University and Dr. Baker deliberately contradicting statements made by the Office of the Executive Inspector General in their report on NIU released May 31st? The scathing OEIG report [here] on NIU Affiliate Employees included facts and findings regarding the hiring of...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - I requested, in a recent Freedom of Information Act request, copies of the policy on collection of fees for public records, collection of fees for photographs taken of public records on a private electronic device, and copies of any county board approvals for...
SHELBYVILLE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelbyville Township board of trustees held its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, 2017. During the meeting they went into executive session to discuss an appointment to the vacant seat of Township Supervisor. It was vacant because former supervisor Steve...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that certain individuals appear to be immune from receiving tickets for Ordinance violations. Paris City Councilman Kemper owns a house on the SE corner of the S. Central St. and Elizabeth St. intersection that appears to have...
We are in the process of migrating our entire website to a managed hosting plan and had to republish our last 6 articles because they were lost in the migration. We also lost the comments posted for the past few days - WE DID NOT DELETE...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – According to the results of a Freedom of Information Act request to the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office, local governments in Illinois have licensed more than 270,000 vehicles in this state. Have you ever driven past a shopping mall, bar, or restaurant and...
Dekalb Co (ECWd) – Dear Editors, If the current budget impasse in Springfield weren’t enough to concern citizens about the future of education in the State, the reports of malfeasance at Northern Illinois only add one more level of complexity to an already difficult situation. An issue...
Northern Illinois University, DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) – Is Dr. Baker of NIU sitting on another negative report about his administration? We have obtained FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) results that indicate that the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees have engaged the firm of Franczek Radelet Attorney’s...
