Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County had its long-awaited draft audit presented to them during the August regular meeting. The Auditor, Timothy Watson with Benford Brown & Associates presented the audit and within the first few moments of his appearing on the screen, a comment was...
Caseyville, Ill. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of the Village of Caseyville voted to release the audio recording and minutes of its July 3, 2024, closed session meeting. This came after the village failed to respond to complaints to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor...
Logan Co. (ECWd) - At the last Village of Atlanta, Illinois council meeting we attended the Tourism Director provided a presentation that covered what appeared to address numerous problems going on within the community and village government. His comments can be viewed at this link of...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Despite the board's numerous attempts at claiming victim status, "The [Thornton Township Board] unequivocally violated the OMA...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - The Village of Dolton Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Monday, August 5, 2024, at Dolton Village Hall at 6:15 p.m. - that is, if Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard doesn't get childish again and lock the trustees out while...
(ECWd) - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is the law outlining people's rights to public records. "Sec. 1. Pursuant to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of government, it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Illinois that all persons...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, we received what Thornton Township says is an accounting of the BINGO free stuff and gas give-a-ways; all of it on the backs of the taxpayers of Thornton Township. Between 2023 and Feb 2024,...
(ECWd) - I have been blessed to be able to instruct fire departments all across the country on the subject matter of adequate water flow, the key to fire suppression. During a recent training in Massachusetts, Electric Vehicle (EV), fires became the topic of discussion. While many...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - In what has become the usual experience with anything related to Thornton Township Supervisor / Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, records of receipts are rarely provided, unless you file a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. She always makes it a point...
From Illinois Answers Project: A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. How much has changed? ECWd note: Current Coles County Sheriff Kent Martin stated to us that Chief Deputy Tyler Heleine ordered the...
