Cumberland Co. (ECWd) - “Integrity” Doing the right thing when no one is watching! “Oath of Office” Giving your word as your bond to uphold "ALL" the laws of the state!  “Ethics” Well-founded standards of right and wrong! Do these virtues exist in your County? Most would expect our police officers to be held...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Brace yourselves! Rough road ahead...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - As most know, we are in what I call the silly season. That time of year when people running for office will say or do just about anything, to include fabricate negative information and lies in their effort to get people to vote...
Illinois (ECWd) - The morning of Aug. 3, 2017, Diana Rauner wasn’t sleeping well. It was 3:50 a.m. and she was wide awake, thinking about the Rauner brand and legacy, which at that moment was circling the drain. Two years of inattention and disengagement on the school funding...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Rauner is spending millions misrepresenting and lying about his opponent Jeannie Ives, a West Point graduate and three-term Republican State Representative. In that race, the lies were so bad that even the Chicago Tribune called out the Governor for lying about her. "The...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Clark County Judge Tracy W. Resch determined that probable cause was found in the felony case against Ronald Wells of Dennison, Illinois. On March 5, 2018, defendant appeared in custody and a probable case hearing was held in the Clark County Illinois Circuit...
MINNESOTA (ECWd) - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who is your representative working for? Chances are they may be confused about a few things...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On March 7, 2018, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination that the Carlinville City Council violated Section 2.02(c) of the Open Meetings Act during its January 2, 2018 meeting when it voted to suspend its rules and to...
Illinois (ECWd) - In yesterday's article exposing the Governor's wife signing off on the final version of the abortion bill, per protocol, we made reference to "sources". We rarely ever point to "sources" as the only information behind an article and decided to elaborate as we have had several...
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS According to credit card authorization forms produced pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) Director Mary Weimar recently used public library funds to buy "treats" for Village of Orland Park public workers who plowed snow in...
