CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Coles County State's Attorney responded to my continued public comments in reference to some Coles County Board members receiving unauthorized health insurance. Part 1 of this series is here. In his January 30, 2019 memorandum (here), Coles County State's Attorney, Jesse Danley,...
ELWOOD, IN. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_52022" align="alignleft" width="161"] Former Fire Chief Brad Compton[/caption] We were just informed that Fire Chief Brad Compton of the Elwood, Indiana Fire Department was removed from his position by Elwood Mayor Todd Jones. Former Fire Chief Compton was informed Friday evening after an...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - While visiting Marshall, Illinois today, I noticed what has become a frequent sighting of mine when I visit Marshall: An Elwood Fire Department vehicle...
MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning rebuke of the "lame-duck" Lewis and Clark Community College's Board of Trustees attempt at extending President Dale Chapman's contract by three years, the new Board of Trustees, at its first meeting, declared all contracts approved at the previous...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Maine Township denied they had certain General Assistance records in a Freedom of Information request and the denial lead to an FOIA lawsuit filed back in December of 2018, (article here). A copy of the complaint can be downloaded at this link. While the...
Niantic, IL. (ECWd) - Doug Wolfe, I TEAM reporter at WAND-TV, received tips about a police car frequenting places in Decatur, Illinois. The car was not marked with anything indicating where it was from, but did have police lights and municipal license plates. Our government vehicle license plate...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, a member of the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board, and also a part-time Deputy Sheriff with the Edgar County Sheriff's Department, is ineligible to serve on the ETS Board because of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff. During this morning's...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – If you are new to our Time Card Tuesday series we urge you to catch up by first reading part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. As pointed out in our last article, it is abundantly clear, whoever was managing payroll has some explaining to do. This...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - Adding to the already lengthy list of lawsuits, and adding to the already lengthy list of public records denials, we sued Algonquin Township again for another allegation of a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") violation. At some point these township officials will learn...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - We have been talking to the Coles County Board during public comment time at the board meetings for well over a year. One of the subjects of discussion is county board member participation in the county's health insurance plan. We received nothing but...
