DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - We have come to expect a certain amount of deceit in public bodies when we start unraveling what has been going on over the years, but we never expected a State's Attorney's Office to be at the forefront of lies and deception,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's office finally reaches a decision in the Freedom Of Information Act Request For Review, sent to them in September 2012, after a denial of security camera footage by Crestwood School. (Original article on the FOIA Denial Here) The footage requested was the...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - UPDATE: Video of this meeting is at the bottom of this post. Vermilion County Board Executive & Legislative Committee Meeting, 8/22/2013 This months meeting was held at 4:30 PM in Room 319 in the Vermilion county courthouse annex. Present were Chairman Gary Weinard, Vice-Chairman Mike...
www.openthebooks.com  Open The Books - The Chicago Way National FOX News Investigation August 30, 2013  Watch FOX News segment, here.   Leading on FOX National Website   Read the breaking news report, here    Yesterday, FOX News broke our investigation into No-Bid Illinois ObamaCare Implementation. Today, it's a leading story on the FOX homepage,...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Chris Patrick's statement of "I'm in charge and frankly I don't give a damn" was not seen in good light in the Attorney General's office. They looked at the facts and determined without any doubt that Chris Patrick and the Edgar County Board...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Chandra Smith, the former bookkeeper for the Edgar County Health Department, plead guilty to Class 1 Felony Theft in May of 2013 and finally had her sentencing day in court. On August 26, 2013, Chandra Smith was sentenced to: Restitution - $21,754.85 Probation, 36 Months,...
ARCOLA, IL (ECWd) - After review a recent FOIA request from Arcola Township, one very telling item stuck out like a sore thumb. That "sore thumb" is a written statement by Mark T. Petty, Attorney for Arcola Township, in which he said "...
ARCOLA Twp. (ECWd) - The township responded (bottom of page or click here to read it now) to the AG's inquiry, 2013 PAC 25511, into whether documents were improperly withheld. In a previous article, we pointed out the fact that the Twp had failed to provide documents...
TERRE HAUTE, IN. (ECWd) - We have an update on the Chris Gill situation in which this former Paris police officer was arrested by federal marshalls. He recently plead guilty to misdemeanor aggravated domestic violence.. This means that he can never again hold a position of power as...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Keeping in tune with the past eight or nine months, the Edgar County Airport manager, Mr. Jimmy Wells, has once again "misled" the very people that employ him. With the amount of "misinformation" and "inconsistencies" coming out of his office, you would think he...
