COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - The convicted felon, Barry Wolfe, appeared in DOC custody, without counsel, in front of Coles County Judge O’Brien this morning on his Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea. Coles County Case nos. 17CF420 and 17CF433. Wolfe had been previously sentenced to 60 years in...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Update 8-29-2018: To avoid any further confusion, the reference to Kietzman not residing within the taxing boundaries of the Authority were drawn entirely from his property tax bill. I did mention it in the video, but did not spell it our in...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - Did the Atlanta Public Library District “lose” a $10,000 CD, or do the trustees not take their job seriously? The September 15, 2016 minutes (here) reflect then-Trustee and Treasurer, Bill Thomas, presented the treasurer’s report to the board, including “…the purchase of a...
U.S. (ECWd) - When an Illinois Community College and its Foundation spent more than $500,000 trying to keep public records from the public (the Foundation even making false claims against the Chicago Tribune and ECWd in the Appellate Court), we thought other public bodies might take...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - March 20, 2017, Bob Miller told the Chicago Tribune he lost because of several factors but clearly cited "Fake News " "Miller, however, blamed his loss on negative campaigning and "fake news," including politically sponsored newspapers and a controversial video from years ago...
US (ECWd) - After years of success in rooting out public corruption and malfeasance in Edgar County, we still hear the claim, Edgar County is the most corrupt county in the state. Local success led to people in other counties asking for our help. Each and every...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - Barry Wolfe, the former AAU Girls Basketball Coach who plead guilty to criminal sexual assault (in a supervisory position) of underage victims, girls aged 13-17, who played basketball for him, apparently did not agree with his 60-year sentence. After his sentencing, Wolfe wrote...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - After Daniel P. Schuering, Carlinville's assistant city attorney, falsely accusing us of "wasting taxpayer funds" and claiming we were "political terrorists," we decided it was time to show Carlinville's residents and taxpayers the timeline of events leading us to where we are...
Will Co. (ECWd) - This morning's online publication by the Herald News shares some information regarding a lawsuit that has been filed against Kathy Kennedy, a Wesley Township Trustee. The lawsuit alleges Kathy Kennedy called a local citizen a pedophile.  We broke the story in this...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville assistant attorney, Daniel P. Schuering, had a bad day at the last city council meeting. Instead of commenting on the still-pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuits against the city of Carlinville, Schuering elected to shift blame to the council....
