Shelbyville, Ill. (ECWd) - After last month's county board approval of a cash-rent lease (more on that later) of the Shelby County Farm to the alleged highest bidder, a private farmer, both the county and the farmer entered into and signed a lease for the property. We...
Mahomet Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Mahomet Township's attorney, Mr. Michael A. Kraft, thinks he can demand that previously provided records under FOIA be destroyed, those emails deleted, and prohibit the FOIA requester from providing those records to anyone else. See his email: As set forth in my email...
Cook Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Village of Dolton and Thornton Township employees and officials might consider taking advantage of this pilot self-reporting program offered by the United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois. It is set to expire on March 15, 2025. CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Sangamaon Co. (ECWd) - Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against the Village after Suerdieck denied a liquor license to a local business. We wrote about...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Preliminary results of the primary election in Dolton are in: Everyone on Tiffany Henyard's team were wiped out. Jason House earned 87.91% - Henyard got 12.09% Similar results with the Clerk and Trustees. ...
CLARKSDALE, Miss., Feb. 25, 2025 ECWd comment: We republished the censored editorial via the Way Back Machine (here) and believe the Judge in this case should be sanctioned for ordering the censoring of this newspaper. Press Release from FIRE.ORG: CLARKSDALE, Miss., Feb. 25, 2025 — After receiving widespread...
Winnebago Co., Ill. (ECWd) - This is another interesting election issue in Pecatonica Township where it is alleged that a candidate for township supervisor filed his petitions to run for the office, someone objected to his petitions, there was an initial electoral board meeting, then the...
Winnebago Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Former Jackson Charter School Executive Director Charged ROCKFORD – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 2 continues to uphold public integrity with a recent case involving charges against a former Jackson Charter School Executive Director. ISP worked with the Winnebago...
Pecatonica Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Following our article on the Pecatonica Election Shenanigans, the township electoral board filed suit against the township clerk for her alleged favoritism in unilaterally removing "some" candidates from the ballot without an electoral board hearing. Press Release:Â Pecatonica Township sues Township Clerk...
Pecatonica Township, Ill. (ECWd) - The Pecatonica Township Clerk has allegedly taken it upon herself to remove candidates from the ballot for "apparent nonconforming" petitions, but only those apparent nonconforming petitions for the candidates opposing her friends/relatives, at least according to a township resolution passed this...
