CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - Last summer, after taking office, Mayor McCall ordered the Cahokia Police Department to steal all property belonging to the Cahokia Food Basket, a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. He did this without any legal authority. He ordered them to "supervise" the non-profit and force them to...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - The picture says it all. I have yet to attend a public meeting where police officers are used in such a fashion to intimidate the public. Please don't consider this a police-hate article, because we realize they are simply doing their job as instructed. I...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During "National Sunshine Week" in which virtually every organization (and good public official)Â across the nation, who publish information about government is screaming for more transparency and Freedom of Information Act reforms to enhance access to public records, the Prairie Press publishes a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - There has been a recent push to collect donations to help the Paris High School Band and their quest to go to Disney World and march in the Parade. We fully support the band's fund raising for this trip - it will be a...
Northern Illinois University (NIU) - (ECWd) - Northern Illinois University has been paying for President Baker’s membership in a private social club, the University Club of Chicago, which is located at the corner of Michigan and Monroe in downtown Chicago. This "perk" is included in President Baker's...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Tinley Park has bungled yet another public meeting, finding itself in the unusual position of having to adjourn and cancel a scheduled open public meeting (already in progress) because citizens in attendance pointed out a glaring Open Meetings...
102nd & 110th State Representative (ECWd) - Based on the unofficial numbers reported tonight in the 110th State Representatve race Reggie Phillips has beaten Jonathan Kaye by sweeping every county in the district to include Kaye's home county. With over 17,000 votes cast it appears to...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Frank Wright, the Democrat Party Chairman in Vermilion County, Illinois has reported that an election judge at the Danville Boys and Girls Club called the Danville Election Commission earlier today to let them know she was running out of Democrat Ballots. She called...
ILLINOIS - Here are some of the website links to check online election results: 16 Counties:Â http://www.accessliberty.com/ Edgar: http://il.edgar.accessliberty.com/ DuPage:Â https://www.dupageco.org/electionresults/ McHenry:Â https://www.co.mchenry.il.us/county-government/departments-a-i/county-clerk/elections/election-results Douglas:Â http://www.douglascountyil.com/electionresults.html Vermilion:Â http://www.co.vermilion.il.us/cntyclrk/results-1.htm Crawford:Â http://www.crawfordcountycentral.com/coclerk/2016_primary.htm McLean County:Â http://webapp.mcleancountyil.gov/webapps/CountyClerk/eresults/results-1.htm =================================== WTHI:Â http://wx.wthitv.com/NWT/elections.html ...
102nd State Representatives (ECWd) - Jim Acklin's recent attack add against Brad Halbrook falsely claimed Halbrook of exploiting the sexual abuse of a student by a teacher under Acklins control for political gain. Channel 3 news ran this story today and confirmed, Halbrook did no such...
