Edgar County Airport – Federal Airport Grant again halted until FAA reviews IDOT decision –

12 Jul Edgar County Airport – Federal Airport Grant again halted until FAA reviews IDOT decision –

Posted at 08:01h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, FAA, feature, IDOT by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Recent reports in the local paper stating that the "taps are back on" for federal funding are turning out to be more fake news.  County Chairman Voigt's assertion these complaints stopped the repairing or replacing the rotating beacon light at the airport...

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11 Jul AG publishes Binding Opinion 17-009 against Carlinville for FOIA violations –

Posted at 15:35h in Attorney General, City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="123"] Carla Brockmeier[/caption] Today, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Bureau issued a Binding Opinion # 17-009 (2017 PAC 47126) stating that the City of Carlinville [under the direction of Mayor Deanna Demuzio] and its Freedom of Information Act Officer, Carla Brockmeier, violated...

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09 Jul Wheeling Village Trustee Ken Brady tells woman to “SHUT UP!”

Posted at 12:38h in Cook County, feature, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 7 Comments

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Wheeling, IL. (ECWd) - During the June 19, 2017 Village of Wheeling Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Ken Brady yelled out at young lady: "We've Heard From You - Shut Up!" This outburst of Wheeling Trustee Ken Brady comes just minutes after fellow Trustee Mary Krueger said people...

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08 Jul Wheeling Trustee Krueger claims First Amendment doesn’t protect offending speech –

Posted at 22:14h in Cook County, feature, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Wheeling, IL. (ECWd) - During the June 19, 2017 Village of Wheeling Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Krueger said that when addressing the village board with things they don't like to hear, you lose your first amendment rights. What did she say? Watch it below: . We think the United...

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08 Jul Power of FOIA eludes Strohm Newspapers

Posted at 20:37h in Clark County, feature by LisaThomas 0 Comments

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Clark Co. (ECWd) - In response to the article in the July 5, 2017, edition of the Marshall Advocate,"Thomas to fill Park Board Vacancy," I, Lisa Thomas, offer the following opinions, facts, and commentary from the perspective of a private citizen, journalist, bookkeeper and public official....

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08 Jul Trifecta of Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Snap, Flames Crackle Nacelles & Whole Turbines Drop

Posted at 10:23h in feature, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Safety: Snap, Crackle, and Drop Master Resource Lisa Linowes 19 June  2017 Wind turbine safety had an ugly three weeks. During the late hours of May 31, a turbine blade at NextEra’s Breckinridge Center in Oklahoma (in-service since August 2015), broke off near its base and was thrown to the ground – snap. [caption...

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08 Jul Waukegan Public Library Employees Confront Sexual Harassment of Librarians

Posted at 10:04h in Bellwood Public Library, feature, Lake County, Orland Park Public Library, Rolling Meadows Public Library, Waukegan Public Library by KDuJan 1 Comment

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(Katie McLain (left) and Amanda Civitello (right), presenting at the ALA conference in Chicago, June 2017) Waukegan, Illinois (ECWd) - During the American Library Association's (ALA) latest conference (held in Chicago in June 2017), two Waukegan Public Library employees delivered a standing-room-only presentation on sexual harassment...

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07 Jul Income tax hike? – Cry me a river!

Posted at 14:59h in Auditor General, feature, Governor, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 9 Comments

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Illinois Co. (ECWd) - Yes, I am just as upset about the income tax hike as everyone else in this state, but I wonder, why so much anger and concern over the legalized theft of your money while silence over other matters, to include massive malfeasance...

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06 Jul Fake News on loss of accreditation due to no budget –

Posted at 07:31h in feature, Governor by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 11 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - It took a while, but we eventually succeeded in obtaining the alleged letter from the Higher Learning Commission being touted as the death to Illinois universities. People always "quoted" it, but could never produce it, now we know why. For several weeks, we have...

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05 Jul Effingham Mayor Bloemker resigns from Illinois Department of Corrections after internal investigation –

Posted at 21:36h in Effingham County, feature, Governor, IDOC by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - According to 979 XFM, Effingham Mayor Jeff Bloemker has resigned his position with the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was appointed to the position of CEO of Illinois Correctional Industries by Gov. Rauner. XFM says Bloemker provided a written statement saying in part...

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