ORLAND PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY (ECWd) - This statement was released by both parties on 3/25/16. On 3/15/16 at a mediation conference, a federal judge reviewed the July 8th video of Bittman's behavior and it was clear that she should not have done what she did and had...
MOLINE, IL. (ECWd) - Are you curious to know more about how local governments in the area are spending your money? Do you think there is waste or fraud in your local governments? Do you want to learn the tools necessary for uncovering improper spending in your communities?...
CLARK Co., IL. (ECWd) - On February 24, 2016, the State Fire Marshall’s Division of Petroleum and Safety conducted an on-site inspection of the Clark County Park District’s fuel dispensing station at Mill Creek Park. You can look-up the inspection at the State Fire Marshall's website...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The decisions in Kraft v. Arcola Township, in which four cases were appealed out of Douglas County Circuit Court, were decided on March 17, 2016. The short answer is that the circuit court decisions were upheld and it was not a precedent-setting case. You can...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - According to PACER and its docket notification system, the SLAPP lawsuit Bridget Bittman filed in order to silence critics of the Orland Park Public Library has been withdrawn. We anticipate a press release forthcoming. A conference was held on March 15, 2015 where...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - BREAKING: Early in the morning on 3/22/16, the Village of Tinley Park was hit with a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court (Chancery Division) alleging multiple counts of wrongdoing centered around the actions of Village Attorney Thomas Melody (Klein Thorpe Jenkins)...
Lincoln-Way North - Published on Mar 18, 2016 From Story Time Digital Media with Megan Fox: District 210 has been getting away with financial mismanagement and what looks a lot like fraud against taxpayers. Megan Fox sits down with Steve Eberhardt, the attorney who filed suit on behalf...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - When citizens file complaints against a public body for violating the Freedom of Information Act and violating the Open Meetings Act, the Attorney General asks the public body for their official stance on what happened. In this case, a complaint was made because...
DuPage County (ECWd) - After filing a FOIA request for copies of the complete compensation packages of DuPage County Board members, and receiving a cryptic response to exactly what the county was paying on behalf of county board members for their health insurance, I forwarded their...
Obituary for Jeremy James Baston Jeremy James Baston, age 27, of Westfield, IL passed away on Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2016 in Vermilion County, IL the result of an automobile accident. He was born January 20, 1989 in Mattoon, IL, the son of LeRoy Jr. Baston...
