Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) - Prior to the November 15, 2022, Mattoon School Board Meeting, Board Chairman Michelle Skinlo was caught electioneering on school property when we spotted her passing her election petition sheet to a fellow board member for his signature while seated at the boardroom...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Dana Davenport, former Naperville Liquor Commissioner (Public Officer), current Attorney (Officer of the Court), and internet talk and television show host (using the name of Dana Michelle) plead Guilty in DuPage County Circuit Court on October 24, 2022, to Driving Under the...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Once again we find local reporting is just that, reporting. The challenge with simply "reporting" is that it fails to get to the root of the matters being reported on.  A headline in November 19, 2022, Prairie Press reads: "Health Department rights...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Ann Gillespie recently introduced a Bill to essentially eliminate or make it extremely hard to offer firearms prizes for Poker Runs and Raffles for organizations such as the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Political Committees, and other nonprofits...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 Board of Education canceled the remote meeting they had previously scheduled for tonight, November 21, 2022. No reason given for the cancelation. ...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 Board of Trustees published a meeting agenda of a remote meeting for 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2022, via Zoom only (no physical meeting location). There is no longer a legitimate health emergency necessitating remote meetings and...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Imagine a world in which school board members, or any other public board for that matter, could simply hold a fake "trial" and "convict" an elected board member they didn't like of "crimes" and then vote to remove them from the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Army Corp of Engineers has refused to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request even after multiple follow-up attempts were made with the Washington, D.C. office which claimed it was going to be responded to by the Chicago office. After...
Boone Co., IL. (ECWd) - Boone County Judge Balogh heard arguments on Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment against former Village of Poplar Grove Mayor Owen Costanza's defamation lawsuit against a reporter for "The Rhubarb," the current Mayor, and others. Judge Balough read each and every statement contained...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - On November 4, 2022, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued its determination letter stating that the Shelby County Board did not violate the open meetings act in connection with a notice of final action taken at its September 8,...
