OTTAWA, IL. (ECWd) - According to articles in MYWEBTIMES and the NEWS-TRIBUNE, former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne was indicted late this afternoon by a LaSalle County Grand Jury. Reports indicate the indictment consists of 17 Counts of Official Misconduct and Misapplication of Public Funds. Thirteen of...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="194"] William "Bill" Thomas[/caption] This article is to explain the steps we believe were used by Trustee William Thomas and the other Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees to, in our opinion, pilfer and scam the State of Illinois...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This "Carlinville getting sued for FOIA violations" headline is becoming so routine, we are thinking of coming up with some kind of a numbering system just for them. On August 11, 2017, Mr. Robert Bogue of Paris, Illinois filed suit under the Freedom...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In a Motion to Dismiss an Ordinance Violation, three Defendants claim the City of Collinsville has wrongly accused them of certain Ordinance Violations related to real estate they own. The combined Motion to Dismiss alleges that: there were no dates alleging the zoning...
Illinois (ECWd) - The sky is falling, the sky is falling! We need a budget because the sky is falling. We need a tax increase because the sky is falling. Really! Ok, not really, although that is basically what we have been told for the past two...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - It is beyond us why any purported newspaper would ever defend a public body who made it a pattern and practice to improperly deny requests for public records, vote in public session to provide said requested records, never provide them after a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The evening of August 30th, Bob Holmes, the One-Man Volleyball Team visited the Paris Cooperative High School for an exciting evening of volleyball with several teams who thought they could out-play him. Opposing teams included Precision Collision, Chrisman Girls Volleyball, Paris Girls Volleyball, the...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County, through their hired attorneys out of Champaign, filed a four-page Motion to Dismiss in the Federal Court. The county is of the position that the Federal Court has no jurisdiction over the matter because they claim there are state level...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - (Updated 8-31-2017 @ 2243 hrs) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="215"] Carlinville Park District Board[/caption] Towards the end of the August 30, 2017 meeting of the Carlinville Park District Board of Commissioners, Board President and Commissioner Larry Smith read a resignation letter and immediately resigned...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - The Daily Herald reported that the Maine Township Supervisor hired a political ally for a new $30,000 part-time position without conducting a job search. Now on the surface, the average reader would see just another article pointing out political patronage, a common...
