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...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - WAND's Doug Wolfe worked on this story, enjoy: Full story aired Aug 27, 2020: https://youtu.be/EVxPZWTBG_c Preview clip to the story: https://youtu.be/-V0KFJEcsjY...
Morgan County, IL. (ECWd) - Nothing like validating claims of "rubber stamping" zoning appeals for wind companies. The Morgan County Zoning Board of Appeals published its meeting agenda for tomorrow, which includes their proposed WECS (Wind) Ordinance. The problem we see, is that the votes are already tallied...
Bloomingdale, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomingdale School District #13 held a public meeting on July 27, 2020, in which it knew would draw an unusual amount of public interest, and also public attendance. The District scheduled a Zoom meeting, but capped attendance at 100 people. The cap essentially...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Coles County State's Attorney Jesse Danley issued a Press Release concerning the allegations of Prosecutorial Misconduct by his now-former assistant prosecutor Brady Allen (allegations - - Brady Allen's response). *** August 25, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Coles County State’s Attorney’s Office was made aware of...
