Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Last week we filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit ("FOIA") against Paris Union School District 95 seeking unredacted copies of the Grand Jury subpoenas served on the district in June 2023. According to the Complaint, we are alleging D95 violated FOIA by...
United States (ECWd) - UPDATE 7-22-2023:Â The Defense Finance and Accounting Service ("DFAS") brought its website down yesterday after we notified them of the diversion of the CRSC help and assistance phone number to a high-pressure medical alert sales company. It was down for a couple...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- The current Shelby County Board has been taking steps to fix things that have been broken and in some cases ignored for years. In that process, the concerned citizens come to the meetings and want answers. However, it appears someone is circulating information...
DeWitt Co., Ill. (ECWd) - During the July 20, 2023, DeWitt County Board meeting, the board voted to put out a request for proposals for the sale of the county-owned marina on Clinton Lake. Information for the RFP will be approved during the August meeting, with a...
United States (ECWd) - During a routine records check, I came across a serious breach of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's ("DFAS") telephone assistance phone number for Combat Related Special Compensation ("CRSC") payments. I called the number listed on the DFAS website for CRSC assistance but...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held a special meeting on July 18, 2023, for the sole purpose of formally establishing the Dive Team, an action which would result in guaranteed insurance coverage and TORT immunity coverage. It also ensured the dive team...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - An anonymous Facebook Page in Shelby County posted three select e-mails as it relates to the Dive Team being protected under county insurance. Those appeared shortly after a FOIA request from county board member Teresa Boehm was answered. We love it...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - While the Shelby County Board took steps to schedule a special meeting to adopt the appropriate resolution as it relates to the operation of a county dive team, the uninformed are spreading misinformation and outright lies that have people stirred up to...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs were honored to be invited guests on Jeanne Ives' first "The Real Story" show on AM560 last night, July 16, 2023. Some of the topics we discussed were the history of ECWd, Thornton Township, the Village of Dolton, Shelby County,...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Friday morning, July 14, 2023, former Dolton Village Trustee Valeria Stubbs was the unfortunate recipient of at least 9 rounds fired into her vehicles while they were parked at her house in Dolton, Illinois. Stubbs was a vocal...
