MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - The Mattoon School District held a meeting this evening in which one of the items was a presentation by Todd Ratliff. Todd and Becky Ratliff own and operate "Total Home and Farm Video Solutions" ("THFVS") out of Mattoon. They are a local, veteran-owned...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - With close to two years of criminal investigations, multiple terminations and basically a complete overhaul of the Board of Trustees and Administration from the Breuder era, the Higher Learning Commission has lifted the probation they placed on COD in December of 2015. "The...
Algonquin (ECWd) - Once again we must emphasize the importance of Article VIII Section 1 (a), (b), and (c) of our State Constitution and Dillon's Rule. For those who don't realize it, violation of that section of our State Constitution can be and has been prosecuted...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - We recently received a tip that the City of Kankakee has failed to provide minutes to any of its meetings since the September 18, 2017 meeting. After submitting a Freedom of Information Act request for either the minutes, or in the absence of...
Algonquin (ECWd) - Leadership. It starts at the top and few are worthy of ever being called leaders, as holding the position does not make you a leader. Leaders follow the law; they are honest, motivators, problem solvers. They are protectors of their community and its...
DES PLAINES, IL. (ECWd) - Des Plaines School District 62's Superintendent Floyd Williams appears to have a history of allegations of sexual harassment that keeps following him from school district to school district. If these new alleged allegations are founded, he should be immediately terminated without...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The village of Tower Hill's former Treasurer, Nancy Finley, has been charged with a Class X Felony for alleged theft of over $100,000.00. Will this be another micro-example of Dixon Illinois where over $50,000,000 million was stolen, all while everyone claimed clean audits? The...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - The Atlanta Public Library District canceled its regular meeting after it was noted that the Agenda had not been posted at the building at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, a sign they can't even follow the simple rules. We suspect,...
Algonquin (ECWd) - According to the Facebook post of the Algonquin Township Clerk, the past Road Commissioner did nothing that was illegal. "Bob Miller did nothing that was illegal" Reviewing credit card statements that have Bob Miller's name on them, we found some matters that may lend...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd has discovered that Randy Brooks, the Chairman of the Atlanta Public Library's Board of Library Trustees (and City of Atlanta employee) has filed false statements of economic interest ("SEI"). In his 2017 and 2016 SEIs, Randy Brooks marked "Not Applicable" to question...
