Coles Co. (ECWd) - Last week we attended the Charleston Community School District #1 School Board meeting. The purpose of our attendance was to share some very troubling patterns we have found across the country as it relates to school administrations as well as to get clarifications...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination letter stating that it was "unable to conclude" and their office had "insufficient evidence" to determine that Jasper County School Board held an improper closed session meeting-after-the-meeting on December 18, 2017. This stems...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - After running one article on Ford County and their Supervisor of Assessment failures, the Supervisor resigned and today we find that the Ford County Board of Review did just as we suggested, with one minor exception. Our suggestion in this article: "With these many...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Justin Hefner had his first appearance in court this morning. He has been transferred to the Danville, IL. VA Center and his hearing was continued until March 15th, 2018. According to Judici, he has not been charged with any gun crimes. Current charges are...
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township telephone system was hacked recently and the hacker left a rather bizarre and offensive message, which those reaching the Township voicemail would have heard. Here is the partial message, we are working on obtaining the complete message and will post...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - We don't have to look very far in this state to find self-proclaimed experts holding office who are once again proven wrong. Maine Township Supervisor has once again proven she has no place in public office, let alone being the Township Supervisor. Morask...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The reported (see WAND, WCIA and WTHI) incident of an individual showing up at the Edgar County Sheriff's Department trying to pass himself off as a Federal Agent has gotten much attention in the press lately, and we put together a timeline...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - While the criminal investigations continue in Algonquin Township, is it possible we have yet another area for those authorities to dive into that has gone unnoticed by the local media and authorities? While reviewing State Board of Elections documents we noticed an interesting...
PAXTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Ford County Supervisor of Assessments has tendered her resignation effective Monday, February 19, 2018, according to the Ford County Record. She stated that she resigned amid complaints from unhappy taxpayers in advance of a Special County Board Meeting scheduled for Monday...
Stark Co. (ECWd)- The Bradford Fire & Rescue operation in Stark County has a meeting scheduled for Monday night, February 19th, 2018 at 6:30 pm. It is our understanding their Fire Chief is taking steps to replace the Bradford Fire & Rescue operation with the Stark County...
