Coles-Douglas Co. (ECWd) - The former Oakland Fire Protection District trustee, Kiley Willison, was sentenced today on a single Class 1 Felon charge while 10 other charges were dropped. This entire process, from our first Freedom of Information Act submission that resulted in the resignation of...
Sherman, Ill. (ECWd) - UPDATE: The Sherman Fire Protection District responded to our inquiry on whether they had policies permitting car detailing business in the district buildings. Fire Chief Todd Masterhan replied vie email: "We were not aware of the use of district property for this purpose. The volunteer...
Ford and Marion Counties, Ill. (ECWd) - Here is a no-brainer, and we are glad to see the issues were resolved by the respective boards when we brought it to their attention. As we have previously published, public bodies voting on anything via secret ballot violates the...
Chatham, Ill. (ECWd) - This is simply another example of government attorneys trying to figure out ways around the letter of the law, and in the end the only real losers are the taxpayers who paid for this ridiculous lawsuit. The Village of Chatham, located in Sangamon...
Grundy, Kendall, and Will Co. (ECWd) Yesterday, we published this article regarding the massive malfeasance that was taking place with the now-former Superintendent of the Grundy-Kendall Regional Office of Education. As referenced in that article, we were awaiting the response to a Freedom of Information Act...
Will, Grundy, and Kendall County Regional Offices of Education - (ECWd) - In 2023, we were provided key information alleging violations of law by numerous elected and public-employee individuals tied to the Regional Offices of Education ("ROE") for Will, Grundy, and Kendall Counties. This article was...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - This is to inform our readers that we will not be attending the Shelby County Board meeting tonight, May 8, 2025, as we have other engagements. Here is the agenda (HERE). The link to Shelby County's YouTube page (HERE) should be livestreaming tonight's...
Bolingbrook, Ill. (ECWd) - Jackie Traynere, one of the administrators in DuPage Township, tendered her resignation on April 17, 2025, with an effective date of May 30, 2025 - which would be after she uses her accrued sick and vacation days. Traynere cited the "mental and emotional...
Jerseyville, Ill. (ECWd) - In January we reported that Kattie Abbey, the Jersey County Treasurer, was under Illinois State Police investigation for allegations of misappropriation of public funds in this article. Last Friday, May 2, 2025, Kattie Abbey was charged with Class 2 Felony Theft of between...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Too little, too late. When former Attorney General Lisa Madigan was in office, we routinely saw the Public Access Counselor's (PAC) office issue clear language determinations regarding the Open Meetings Act (OMA), and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violations. The same cannot be...
