Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township has been in a long, drawn out court battle over their failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") a couple of years ago. There have been numerous settlement offers either flatly denied by the Township Board, or...
Illinois (ECWd) - Silver Lake Law Group ltd. attorney Tom Devore is representing Kirk Allen and John Kraft, founders of the Edgar County Watchdogs Inc. in a recently filed Declaratory Judgment action against Governor Pritzker in relation to his perpetual issuance of disaster proclamations. ECWd was the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During a recent Shelby County Board meeting, Board Member Lynn Williams was responding to a citizen and disclosed he was responsible for a donation being received to the Rescue Squad, but that he was not going to disclose from who. When I...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court alleging that the Illinois Department of Public Health has violated the Freedom Of Information Act. Kirk Allen had requested public records related to the IDPH's COVID-19 data published...
Markham, IL. (ECWd) - Just as we predicted in our January article (here) the First District Appellate Court issued its Opinion that recently re-elected mayor of Markham, IL, Roger Agpawa, is deemed ineligible to hold any Illinois municipal office, due to a federal felony conviction, and...
Piatt County, IL (ECWd) - Piatt County appears to be leading the charge in ensuring Illinois stays on the top three list of most corrupt states in the nation. A recent Federal Court filing by Michael Holmes, former County Emergency Management Agency Director of Piatt County lays...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - On April 20, 2021, Coles County Judge Glen found former Mattoon Special Education School Nurse Hilary Rawlings NOT GUILTY on all six Counts against her. According to the docket found on Judici, after a two-day bench trial where prosecution and defense arguments were...
St. Louis, MO. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen was interviewed on the Mark Reardon Show on KMOX this evening. Listen to it here on KMOX, at about the 15:40 mark, or below: ...
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...
