ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - Stephen Skidmore, the failed candidate for Crawford County Coroner added to his long history of run-ins with the law this month. According to court records, he was pulled over and ticketed for improper use of turn signal on June 5th. He was also arrested...
Stark County (ECWd) - As if the board member's own signatures requesting a special meeting was not enough to inform them their meeting June 15th, 2017, was, in fact, a special meeting, look no further! Their own legal counsel, State's Attorney James Owens, sent them all the...
Stark Co. (ECWd) - Near the end of the illegal Stark County Board meeting Thursday night, we find once again the value of video and follow up. Below is a short clip we pulled from the main video which can be viewed at this link and...
Nauvoo, IL- (ECWd) - Open Nauvoo Press Release– June 16, 2017 – Many Nauvoo citizens fear for their safety tonight after learning of statements made by Beverly Reynolds, Nauvoo City Councilwoman, who called for "people like this" to be tarred and feathered and run out of town....
VILLA PARK- State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) is outraged at the latest golden parachute payout at Northern Illinois University. News released today outlines NIU’s plan to pay President Doug Baker $600,000 plus benefits when he steps down later this month in the wake of the...
Stark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In yet another example of elected officials inability to follow the law, even after exposed to it, the Stark County Sheriff Steven Sloan, enforced the rule of law by shutting down the County Board meeting after the County Chairman chose to ignore...
Illinois (ECWd) - We want to first make it very clear, we have yet to get anyone to go on the record pertaining to the information we are going to share, thus, we cannot validate the information. That being the case, we are simply informing our...
Effingham CO. (ECWd) - When the public submits a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records, it needs to be clear to everyone that the law is what outlines what is or is not obtainable and under what time frame it is to be provided. ...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - President Baker announced he is stepping down as President of Northern Illinois University effective June 30, 2017. The Daily Chronicle and Northern Public Radio have both reported that Pres. Baker read a prepared statement during this morning's Board of Trustees meeting in...
WHITESIDE CO., IL. (ECWd) - According to documents we received from the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC"), on June 13, 2017, the PAC issue two separate determinations stating the Whiteside County Airport violated the Open Meetings Act in 2016. The first violation occurred when the Airport board...
