Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - In May 2024, we published an article highlighting former Village of Poplar Grove President Owen Costanza's continued use of the title of Village President - including his sporting of Mayoral license plates on his private vehicle in violation of the Illinois Vehicle...
Bureau County, Ill. (ECWd) - Bureau County held a county board meeting earlier this year, in the county courthouse, and when residents attempted to enter the courthouse with their cell phones to attend and record the meeting they we stopped by court security and told they...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - On June 5, 2024, the Federal Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted Keith Freeman's voluntary motion to waive discharge of any and all debts under his bankruptcy filing. The Bankruptcy Trustee filed the motion after obtaining a signed request...
Indianola, Ill. (ECWd) - We attended last night's village board meeting in Indianola, Illinois after receiving several messages about the village. During the meeting we learned the village attorney and village auditors had resigned earlier this year, the village clerk's seat is vacant, and the treasurer is...
Shelby C0. (ECWd) - A recent investigation by county officials resulted in the recovery of over $24,000.00 of donated funds for the Shelby County Dive team. That investigation resulted in the discovery that even though people wrote checks payable to the Shelby County Dive team, they...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The Iroquois County Public Health Department has denied our request for records a second time and now faces another Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for records the courts have ordered unsealed. On August 16, 2022, we requested search warrants and subpoenas issued to...
DeWitt Co. (ECWd) - During the May 23, 2024, county board meeting, it was announced that Chairman Matthews had withdrawn his candidacy for office and will not be on the November 2024 ballot. The resignation comes on the heels of both criminal investigations being conducted by the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In part one of this two-part series, we pointed out the pitfalls to a State's Attorney being present during county board meetings. Below is a great history lesson which supports our position as well as exposes many of the past actions by...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - After having attended county board meetings all over the state for years, we see three distinct patterns as it relates to the County State's Attorney being present or represented in a county board meeting. Those where the actual elected SA is present...
Illinois (ECWd) - Last week we broke the story on the Illinois State Police (ISP), having spent $237,316.47 on Freedom of Information Act lawsuit settlements in the last five years. (prior article here) Today we received an updated response from the ISP FOIA officer which indicates our...
