Wesley Twp, IL. (ECWd) - In an Order dated Sep 1, 2020, the Circuit Court DENIED Wesley Township's Motion to Dismiss the FOIA lawsuit. Wesley's Motion was essentially arguing that since they finally produced all the records, that the suit was now moot, and they should not...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - EMERGENCY WATERMAIN REPAIR The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District has issued an emergency repair for the following location in Edgar County: All of Embarrass Township, all of Kansas Township, and all of Buck Township including Redmon. In Grandview Township - 625th Street, 600th Street, Coach...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit was filed against Madison County State's Attorney yesterday. The suit alleges that the Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons did not respond to a FOIA Request submitted on July 17, 2020, and later amended on July...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Brad Halbrook & County Clerks Jessica Fox & Judi Pollock discussed the new election law and vote by mail . View it here - and please like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/9xlu9LyFsW4...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - Last week we sued Joliet Township for failing to provide requested public records, and for their attempt at charging us unauthorized fees. Both are violations of the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act. Joliet Township received a request for public records on June 9,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Board Chairman, along with a majority of the board, chose to initially go along with violating the Open Meetings Act obligations during a recent meeting (article here). It was not the first time this board has ignored the Open Meetings...
WILL CO., IL. (ECWd) - As we predicted, the Will County Court DENIED John Norton's motion to vacate a stalking order entered against him last fall. The Stalking / No Contact Order remains in effect against John Norton. Click the photo below to read a copy of today's...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The time has come once again to ask for donations to assist us in keeping public bodies and public officials accountable to the citizens they are supposed to represent. We continue to travel to attend meetings, court cases, and to interview and gather...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- With the recent exposure of Shelby County Highway Engineer by Doug Wolfe with Channel 17 in this story, we wonder if this is the beginning of the sinking of the S.S. Spesard. The actual name of Spesard's houseboat is "Feelin Groovy", currently docked...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - In January of this year, we broke the story about allegations of Sexual Harassment by the Watseka Police Chief, Jeremy Douglas (article here). The fallout from that story took two directions. Denials from those close to Douglas, and more tips from those...
