MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - We were on site after being notified of the shooting at Mattoon High School in Mattoon, IL. while WAND's reporter was giving a live report to WAND, we suggest you go there for updates: wandtv.com According to reports from WAND, a student opened fire,...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - Last night's Village of Wheeling's Board of Trustees meeting is one that will surely be forever remembered. During the public comment of the liquor commission, speakers talked about what they believed to be bad advice given to the board by their attorney, James V....
EFFINGHAM CO., IL. (ECWd) - Elizabeth Weidner spoke about childhood cancer during the September 2017 Effingham County Board meeting. Immediately afterward, the county chairman read a proclamation regarding childhood cancer awareness. Elizabeth is the 2017 Junior Miss Effingham County, Cancer Warrior and is fighting Stage IV Neuroblastoma which...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Work is progressing on the new Dollar Tree in Paris, Illinois. It is located between the RIDES Mass Transit District building and Auto Zone (across from Kroger). ...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Andrew Porter of DrinkerBiddle law firm has filed a Reply Brief in the Federal Court of Appeals in the Seventh District as lead counsel for the College of DuPage. It is worth the read and appears to make it very clear, former...
Illinois (ECWd) - "For the reasons that follow, the Public Access Bureau concludes that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (Board) improperly denied Mr. Kirk Allen's January 19, 2017, FOIA request. All I wanted was a copy of the Officer Professional conduct database. Who knew...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - During the Budget and Appropriations Hearing, the Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees was grilled over their attempts at "cooking the books[1]" of the Grill Café restaurant by trying to push it off as an entity somewhat not affiliated with the...
STARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - According to the Stark County News website (click here), Stark County Board Member Robin Lindner resigned from the board effective September 1, 2017. She had been appointed by former board chair Magnussen, who herself and vice-chair Zerla both abruptly resigned after several...
Logan Co. (ECWd) - During the budget hearing and board meeting, it became evident that there are far more problems at the Atlanta Library than the conflicts with board member Bill Thomas, whose conflict was admitted to by the Board President, more on that later. Budgets. Pretty...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - This is the reason I asked the Atlanta Public Library Board if they budgeted for environmental clean-up. I can still smell that nasty smell...
