DOLTON, Ill. (ECWd) - Dolton, ILÂ - The Dolton Park District Board of Commissioners will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023, to discuss the mistreatment of a local patron who was denied the ability to host his popular car show by Mayor Tiffany Henyard...
Illinois (ECWd) - Our attorneys for this case, Loevy and Loevy, filed our petition for leave to appeal the Edgar County Watchdogs v. Will County Sheriff FOIA case to the Illinois Supreme Court a few days ago, and we are pleased that 17 news organizations have...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For the past thirteen years, we have spoken about the proverbial "onion" which is what we refer to local government being. When an issue arises and people start actually looking into the matter it never fails there are multiple layers of problems,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Coles County Board held their regular monthly meeting last night and as expected, Chairman Darrel Cox once again refused to allow a citizen to place an item on the agenda pertaining to matters that are germane to county business even though...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Anthony Fremarek, the former Plainfield Township Supervisor has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company in which he was one of the 5 partners as well as the CFO and Manager which we covered in this article last November, 2022. Fremarek was sentenced in...
Illinois (ECWd) - In part 1 of this series, we covered matters related to the office of the State's Attorney regarding his clients and who he is to represent. We encourage everyone to read that article so that they can test the truth on the subject...
Illinois (ECWd)- After years of research and learning the laws as they are applied to our local governments, we know there are answers to pretty much every challenge we come across in local government. A common problem we have seen in county government is when you...
WATSEKA, Ill. (ECWd) - August 05, 2023 Will Brumleve WATSEKA — The founder of a now-defunct nonprofit animal sanctuary in Thawville where hundreds of animal carcasses were discovered in shallow graves in 2019 is now keeping animals at her residence in Will County despite an Iroquois County judge’s...
Rockford, Ill. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker's signing of Senate Bill 1909 into law lends the appearance the State of Illinois would soon violate the essence of free speech in this state. We firmly believe the government cannot impose a law violative of the First Amendment, designed to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Shelby County is once again setting the example as to how county government is supposed to operate, yet even when the most basic of laws are enforced, the voice of opposition spews more misinformation on social media before getting the facts right. It...
