Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Illinois State Police seeking public record related to the investigation into the Shelby County Sheriff's Office's selling of seized weapons in violation of state law. The...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - This past Saturday afternoon, John Norton was served with copies of an Emergency Stalking / No Contact Order of Protection, which was granted by a Will County Circuit Judge on Thursday. John Norton was described in the Order as a "skinny disheveled...
IL. (ECWd) - In “Rules for Radicals,” Saul Alinsky urged community activists to hold the enemy accountable to its own rules. “No organization,” Alinsky wrote, “can live up to the letter of its own book.” Though not fans of Alinsky, two men from rural Illinois are...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - When viewed in slow motion, it appears to show Adam Toledo did not have a weapon in his hands when he was shot but may have tossed it while he raised them. At about the 4-second mark in the video, a screenshot shows...
MADISON CO, IL. (ECWd) - Rob Dorman and Doug Hulme have filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court naming the Cities of Edwardsville, Alton, Granite City, and Collinsville as Defendants for their part in the Madison County Public Corruption Task Force as respondeat superior ("let...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released videos and other reports of the fatal police shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo on March 29, 2021 at 2:53 a.m. According to the COPA website, "This post includes all relevant video, audio and...
U.S. (ECWd) - Rudolph Giuliani filed his motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems. We encourage everyone to read the actual filing so that you can see what was actually said in the motion rather than what some media will claim is...
U.S. (ECWd) - Sidney Powell filed her motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems. We encourage everyone to read the actual filing so that you can see what was actually said in the motion rather than what some media have claimed was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - During routine COVID testing today a member of the Governor’s Office staff tested positive for COVID-19. This employee was NOT in close contact with the Governor today or in previous days. All staff members identified as a close contact will follow CDC...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - We recently wrote about the censorship Danville Mayor Rickey Williams initiated during Danville's April 6, 2021, Council meeting. Prior Restraint (telling someone they cannot say or print something in advance of publication or speech) is never a good idea and is frowned upon...
