MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Gary Strohm, Marshall Advocate, printed a piece of misinformation (unsubstantiated rumor) while bidding Terry Stepp goodbye from the Clark County Park District. He claimed that "According to his [Stepp's] best estimate" the district received FOIA requests for 55,000 pages of information at a...
BENTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a binding opinion, number 17-007, stating that the City of Benton, Illinois is responsible for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act requests for public records kept by the municipal airport board. In reading this opinion,...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - The recent action by the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University raised the hackles of many lawmakers when they voted to provide a golden parachute for malfeasance identified by the Office of Executive Inspector General. We believed their actions were in violation...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Paris, Oliver, Grandview, and Kansas Fire Departments were called to a fire involving stored large round bales of hay - about 4 miles west of Paris on route 16. It started around 2:45 this afternoon and appears to be under control. Videos below: . . ...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - Today, a Grand Jury sent a True Bill of Indictment on three Chicago Police Officers in the killing of Laquan McDonald. In the Indictment, the Grand Jury alleges that David March, Joseph Walsh, and Thomas Gaffney committed: official misconduct obstruction of justice conspiracy...
TERRE HAUTE, IN. (ECWd) - [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="184"] J.D. Kesler (right)[/caption] Jerome D. "JD" Kesler appeared in Vigo County Court his morning on two felony charges of voting outside the precinct of where he lived - what some would refer to as voter fraud. It is alleged...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - We are taking the position that the Effingham County Board usurped their authority when they entered into a 5-year contract with Abbott Ambulance and that this contract is void ab-initio. We take this position based on lengthy research which included key Illinois case...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Concerned Tax Payers of Coles County are hosting an informational meeting this Wednsday night, June 28th at 7pm. Meeting to be held at the Burgess Auditorium, 1701 Wabash Ave, Mattoon, IL. We urge all taxpayers and citizens of Coles County to attend. ...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - Towards the beginning of 2017, Effingham Mayor Jeff Bloemker was hired by the state of Illinois to be the CEO of the Illinois Correctional Industries. In January, we were tipped off that Mayor Bloemker was doing city business on state time to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Update: 6-26-20017 - The responding "SWAT" was the "Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System Special Response Team" ("ILEAS") based in Urbana, Illinois. Paris Police Department called the SWAT team out to a West Van Buren residence earlier today. According to witnesses at the scene, the incident...
