Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - At today's Hearing for Plenary Protective Order against destruction of city records, and after hearing arguments from both parties, the Judge entered a "Standstill Agreement" prohibiting the Calumet City Clerk and her office from destroying public records, and also applied the...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Tonight's Wesley Township meeting started just prior to 7 p.m.. Some of the Agenda items included: Park maintenance Open Meetings Act training requirements Tax Levy for the township and road district FOIA lawsuit update We will post a recap of the meeting, and the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Paris, Illinois, City Council met tonight, with several members of the public present to speak about the recent rise in crime, particularly in young people, in the past several months/years. As part of public comment, a hospital employee talked about several programs...
WILL CO, IL. (ECWd) - Just as we predicted when this case was first filed (here), today, a Will County Judge dismissed John Norton's frivolous lawsuit against Wesley Township Trustee, Leonard McCubbin, with prejudice - meaning he cannot file it again. During this Hearing, Norton tried, as...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - We have written several articles dealing with a public official's protected First Amendment right to tell anyone and everyone what was discussed during an executive (closed) session meeting, and to do so without fear of reprisal for such speech. Essentially, the right to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week, we were informed by a reliable source that someone had broken into several pallets of mail delivered to the Paris, Illinois, Post Office by Amazon delivery. The pallets were apparently delivered prior to postal employees arriving for work, and one...
Lisle, IL. (ECWd) - Seven Board Members of the Lisle Economic Development Partnership have resigned from the board, after they terminated their Executive Director, according to their published statement. "A statement just released by the LEDP Chairman of the Board. The Village of Lisle created and funded the...
U.S. (ECWd) - Smartmatic has filed one federal and one state court lawsuit against One America News Network and Newsmax alleging defamation in their reporting on the 2020 election results. Read the Complaints below: Smartmatic v. One America News Network ("OANN") in the US District Court for...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - A now-former employee of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District, Cole Livvix, decided, according to reputable sources, to take the District's pickup truck to a Halloween party last Saturday night. Early Sunday morning, at approximately 5:00 a.m., he wrecked the district's truck by running...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Thaddeus Jones, Mayor of Calumet City, has filed a lawsuit for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction, and for a Restraining Order against Calumet City Clerk Nyota Figgs. According to this lawsuit, Calumet City is in the process of conducting a forensic audit, and...
