Safe Routes to School Improvements for City of Paris Schools –
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) – From a City of Paris Press Release: The City of Paris would like to announce that construction on the Safe Routes to School Improvements around Mayo Middle School, Wenz School and Memorial School are tentatively scheduled to begin April 21, 2025. The contractor completing the improvements will be McCarthy Improvements. Construction […]
HFS Employee Campaigned On State Time According to OEIG Investigation –
Illinois (ECWd) – “On November 22, 2022, the Office of Executive Inspector General (OEIG) received an anonymous complaint against Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) Public Service Administrator Daniel Pittman. The complaint alleged that, while previously employed as a Public Service Administrator at the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), Mr. Pittman […]
Local Election Updates –
Illinois (ECWd) – There are a few election results we need to share in light of past articles exposing certain information in those communities. Village of Rochester Mayor Joe Suerdieck was running for reelection even after all the malfeasance with his fingerprints all over it, as outlined in the numerous articles at this link. Suerdieck […]
Poplar Grove Gets New Village President, And It’s Not Owen Costanza –
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) – As a result of the April 1, 2025, election, the Village of Poplar Grove will see a new Village President, and it is not Owen Costanza. Krista Richardson won the election over Owen Costanza. This marks the fourth election Costanza has lost (precinct committeeman twice and village president twice). Looks […]
Shelby County – Is Anyone Surprised?
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – This is yet another one of the cases where you simply have to say, you can’t make this stuff up. WAND News ran this story two days ago. The named DCFS employee in the story, Deborah Riley, jumped out at us. Is it the same Deborah Riley that we busted out […]
Thorton Township Gets New Supervisor, Trustees –
South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) – After the April 1, 2025, election, Thornton Township will have a new Township Supervisor and new Township Trustees. State Senator Napoleon Harris and his slate of candidates won the township election. We suggest one of the first items to tackle should be a comprehensive forensic audit of all township finances […]
Dolton Gets New Mayor, Trustee Majority –
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – After the April 1, 2025, election, the Village of Dolton, Illinois will have a new Mayor along with a new majority of trustees aligned with the new Mayor. Hopefully, Tiffany Henyard will never disgrace the halls of Dolton again. We suggest one of the first items to tackle should be a […]
Teacher Charged With Criminal Sexual Assault/Supervisory, Held Without Bail In Edgar County Jail –
Edgar County, Ill. (ECWd) – UPDATE: 8-20-2025 Jury Found Him NOT GUILTY. *** Michael Lowery, a former Kansas, Illinois teacher and current Martinsville, Illinois teacher was arrested in Edgar County yesterday and held in the Edgar County Jail. According to Judici, today the Court found probable cause for the charges of three counts of Criminal […]
Paris-Crestwood School District #4 Election Complies With State Law –
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) – There has been considerable online chatter about the Paris (Crestwood) Community Unit School District #4 elections this spring, with people opining that there is something wrong with the ballot, but the problem is those people do not understand the election code and the county clerk’s duties in relation to the election […]
Shelby County – Where Records Disappear And No One Seems To Care
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – For reasons we can’t explain and by all indications no one cares, Shelby County has a record retention issue like we have never seen. A past forensic audit of the Sheriff’s office, audit at this link, that includes officials lying about key records being destroyed rather than allowing them to be […]