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20 Dec Illinois Prisoner Review Board Member – Use of racial slur found in member records

Posted at 08:46h in Coles County, Coles County Sheriff, Coles County States Attorney, feature, IDOC, IPRB by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - The State of Illinois Prisoner Review Board ("PRB") is a state agency whose members are appointed by the Governor of Illinois. According to its website (here) the PRB is a quasi-judicial body and is tasked with making recommendations for parole and clemency...

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19 Dec Video: Crawford Co. Electoral Board: Petition Objections Tossed –

Posted at 19:43h in Crawford County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - The Crawford County Electoral Board today Granted the Motions to Strike Petition Objections against certain nomination papers of candidates for Republican Precinct Committeemen. This action keeps all names on the spring 2018 ballot. Video: https://youtu.be/AhMg-rMUBEY . Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ask that...

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19 Dec John Clough, Illinois Prisoner Review Board Member Electioneering with State Vehicle –

Posted at 08:37h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County Sheriff, feature, Governor, IPRB by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - Electioneering using State Vehicle: On December 4, 2017, John Clough was spotted arriving at the Coles County Courthouse around 11:55 a.m., in his assigned state-owned vehicle. His purpose was to deliver his petition packets for Republican Precinct Committeeman in Coles County. He...

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17 Dec Kankakee still violating Open Meetings Act; failing to publish meeting minutes-

Posted at 15:24h in feature, Kankakee County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Kankakee appears to have problems posting meeting minutes from four separate October 2017 city council meeting to their webpage. The meetings in question are from October 2, 16, and two from Oct 23. The Open Meetings Act requires posting of these...

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17 Dec Algonquin Township – One of her first orders of business?

Posted at 13:37h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - When an elected official tells you that one of their first of many orders of business is to destroy records, it's no wonder people had concerns over missing records. According to a post on Imgur in the name of Karen Miller Lukasik, which...

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16 Dec Illinois State Police arrest Jo Ann Reed, Mayor of Alorton, IL. after Grand Jury Indictment

Posted at 22:56h in City of Alorton, Commonfields of Cahokia Waer District, feature, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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ALORTON, IL. (ECWd) - We knew we would see her in handcuffs again...

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16 Dec Algonquin Township – No approval from the State to destroy records……..EVER!

Posted at 18:34h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - According to the Illinois Local Records Commission, Algonquin Township has provided an application for authority to dispose of local records one time in its history and that was in 1978.  The linked request is the record retention disposition, however, none of those...

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16 Dec Video: Crawford County Petition Objections re: Precinct Committeemen –

Posted at 10:58h in Crawford County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - Friday, December 15, 2017, the Crawford County Electoral Board held its initial Hearing on the Petition Objections filed by James M. Snyder against the nominating papers of Patricia Lycan and the nominating papers of James Runyon - both of which submitted petitions...

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15 Dec Citizens of Illinois pay attention: 36 Counties- 55 illegal assessors!

Posted at 23:00h in feature, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - According to Governor Rauner, "In Cook County, we have a corrupt, abusive property tax system that is rigged to benefit political insiders". What makes him think this problem is limited to Cook County? In the fall of 2016, concerned business owners in Coles County asked for our...

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15 Dec Paris resident Kami Miller sentenced in Federal Court today –

Posted at 19:40h in City of Paris, Clark County, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A long 5+ year battle has finally ended today with the sentencing of Kami Miller in Federal Court. Kami Miller and her daughter-in-law, Ashley Miller both entered a guilty plea to Felonies earlier this year to federal crimes against the former Paris, Illinois...

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