Edgar Co., Ill. (ECWd) - On November 22, 2023, at 8:45 a.m. at the Edgar County Courthouse, the Edgar County Board will hold a Hearing for all interested individuals to comment on the proposed tax increase for the Special Service Area No. 1 Ambulance Service. The proposed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - One of the key tools for local government accountability is found with a criminal investigation. By all indications of what we are reading on local social media pages, outbursts from people in county board meetings and public comments, it is clear a...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Over the last several months we have witnessed a laundry list of accusations regarding the Shelby County Dive Team, the vehicles, and their equipment. A few of the crazy claims: Since there was no resolution properly setting up the county dive team...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - When Shelby and other counties were questioned on their practices of leasing out county-owned farmland to private farmers for their own personal profit, at least one county, Shelby, attempted to make it legal by convincing an out-of-district State Representative to introduce...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 5 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education (“ROE”). Read parts 1 – 2 – 3 and 4. We attended the PDA board meeting earlier this month and just prior to...
Dalzell, Ill. (ECWd) - Press release … On November 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM, a meeting was called by Dalzell Mayor Gary Orlandi to discuss the relationship between the Village of Dalzell and the Dalzell Fire Protection District. In attendance were Mayor Orlandi, Village of Dalzell attorney...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - While the Shelby County Board moves forward with fixing a laundry list of problems created by past actions or inactions of former boards, it appears to be ruffling feathers of a few locals. We can't explain why doing the right thing is...
Coles County, Ill. (ECWd) - We filed a motion to intervene in former Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen's criminal case in Coles County asking the Court to unseal the previously impounded mugshots of Defendant Brady Allen. Our main argument was that booking photos (mugshots) are...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 4 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education ("ROE"). Read parts 1 - 2 - and 3 During this morning's meeting (video below) of the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA"), we provided public...
Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 3 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education. Read parts 1 and 2. This article will discuss the alleged scheme and artifice to qualify for the Illinois Municipal Retirement System...
