Logan Co. (ECWd) - Atlanta Public Library officials lie to the public. During the August meeting, the President of the Library Board stated that the only way they can raise your taxes is by a referendum (Video of first lie @ 26:02), which they claim they did...
SAWYERVILLE, MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - On September 21, 2017, a Complaint was filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court naming the Village of Sawyerville as Defendant in a public records lawsuit. It is case number 2017-MR-117. This arises out of a Freedom of Information Act request for...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - A reader sent the below photo to us thru our Twitter feed. Photo depicts a government vehicle, whose driver had behaved badly. Do they think they are special? Using the online database provided by www.GovPlates.com, we found the horribly parked vehicle belongs to PACE Suburban Bus...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - Former State's Attorney Brian Towne was in court today for his arraignment, however, you wouldn't have gotten the impression he was in any trouble as he joked and laughed with his attorneys along the rail at the top of the steps. It...
WHEELING, ILLINOIS (ECWd) -- On Monday September 18th 2017, the Village of Wheeling engaged in something similar to a crime spree when it comes to trashing both the Open Meetings Act (OMA) and the United States Constitution (specifically the First Amendment's right to petition government bodies...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - First, we would like to thank the Coles County 911 office for their quick response to this FOIA request for the 911 calls from today's shooting at the Mattoon High School. We also thank the first responders for their quick action in this...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - We were on site after being notified of the shooting at Mattoon High School in Mattoon, IL. while WAND's reporter was giving a live report to WAND, we suggest you go there for updates: wandtv.com According to reports from WAND, a student opened fire,...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - Last night's Village of Wheeling's Board of Trustees meeting is one that will surely be forever remembered. During the public comment of the liquor commission, speakers talked about what they believed to be bad advice given to the board by their attorney, James V....
EFFINGHAM CO., IL. (ECWd) - Elizabeth Weidner spoke about childhood cancer during the September 2017 Effingham County Board meeting. Immediately afterward, the county chairman read a proclamation regarding childhood cancer awareness. Elizabeth is the 2017 Junior Miss Effingham County, Cancer Warrior and is fighting Stage IV Neuroblastoma which...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Work is progressing on the new Dollar Tree in Paris, Illinois. It is located between the RIDES Mass Transit District building and Auto Zone (across from Kroger). ...
