Christian Co. (ECWd) - We reported on the Assumption and Herrick, Illinois water plants being hacked last month as covered in this article. We submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request to both places, and to date, only Assumption has responded. Herrick appears to be ignoring...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties (ECWd) - The 27-year Professional Development Alliance ("PDA") of the Will County and Grundy Kendall County Regional Offices of Education officially dissolved over the weekend and its website was promptly removed from public viewing on January 1, 2024. The PDA has been the subject of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police interviewed four people in relation to the payroll malfeasance that was taking place in the Shelby County Sheriff's office several years ago. While we were able to obtain the written reports of those interviews, the ISP fought us...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Acting District 95 Superintendent Bailey sent the following email out this evening: There was a special board meeting this evening at 5:00 p.m. The following action was taken: The Board accepted the resignation of Jaime Larson as an elementary teacher effective December 31, 2023. ...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Opinion: After reading about all of the municipalities in and around Cook County, Illinois passing Ordinances and Executive Orders geared towards limiting the dropping off of individuals traveling from Texas, something immediately didn't seem right. Since when must anyone riding a bus subject themselves...
Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We received a tip in mid 2020 complaining of Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen's conduct towards young women being prosecuted and some already prosecuted by the office he was an assistant prosecutor for. We verified the authenticity of certain facts,...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties (ECWd) - The 27-year Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") between the Will County and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, which set up the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA"), will dissolve on December 31, 2023. According to the initial IGA and the dissolution agreement signed on December 14,...
Illinois (ECWd) - This is a developing story. We received confirmation yesterday that the US Department of Justice was notified by law enforcement in Shelby County about two water plants having their computers hacked in Herrick and Assumption, Illinois. Herrick is in Shelby County and Assumption is...
Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We broke the story about Brady Allen in August of 2020; he was indicted 29 months later - read the articles HERE. ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA FROM FORMER COLES COUNTY ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY OVER BRIBERY AND MISCONDUCT Chicago — Attorney General...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties - (ECWd) - We previously wrote about two contracts between the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA") which is an agency of the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education, and Vista Learning, a private corporation. Both of the previously disclosed 2013 and 2017 contracts...
