SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We have been sitting on this article for several months waiting on some issues to surface, which included communications with certain officials, and since the story broke on Lopez' termination from Country Financial, and the subsequent Springfield Police Department investigation into financial...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - During last week's Clark County Board meeting, several residents talked to the board during public comment to address their concerns with recent thefts in rural Clark County and what could be done to stop them. Others chimed in and talked about the...
CHRISMAN, IL. (ECWd) - The Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service, a public body created thru Intergovernmental Agreements, has posted the agenda for Thursday's meeting. It now appears they are wanting to comply with the Open Meetings Act for this meeting (and hopefully future meetings), and to "reaffirm"...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - With ongoing criminal investigations, lawsuits that involve unfulfilled requests for records, and reports of record destruction by Township officials, we have to admit we never thought we would find what we found today. We first exposed the record destruction issue in Algonquin Township in...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Wesley Township must now answer to the courts for refusing to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for public records. From the Township Clerk Sarah Norton first claiming they would respond in a few weeks when she gets back from vacation, to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) This just occurred about 3 miles south of Paris, Illinois on Illinois Highway 1. It appears a deer hit the van on the left, front side, which activated the van's airbags. Edgar County Special Service Area Emergency Medical Services, Edgar County Sherriff's Department, Paris Community...
MORGAN CO., IL. (ECWd) - Morgan County has a population of around 35,500 people, with its County Seat located in Jacksonville, IL. It is managed by an elected three-person Board of Commissioners. In 1996, it established the Morgan County Regional Planning Commission ("MCRPC"), who's sole statutory duty...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Thomas Gooch III filed a "DEFENDANT'S COMBINED MOTION TO DISMISS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO 735 ILCS 5/2-619.1". It is a most interesting read, and clearly, Gooch has failed to do the deep dive into public records as those very records and exhibits prove many parts of...
Ford Co. (ECWd) - We recently exposed the failures of the Ford County Regional Planning Commission in this article. That public body has three primary tasks by statute. “Said Commission shall be a fact-finding body and shall make such investigations and gather such statistics as it shall deem necessary...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On August 2, 2018, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor determined that the City of Carlinville improperly withheld public records requested by me in February of 2017. That same day, I emailed Carlinville FOIA Officer Carla Brockmeier (and Dan Schuering) requesting production...
