ELGIN, IL. (ECWd) - During the July 18, 2016, U-46 School Board meeting, Traci Ellis once again said to "get at me" and "come after me" - but what we would like to see is Traci Ellis calling for the release of the portion of the...
JACKSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Sam McCann is having trouble deciding whether to give illegal campaign donations back to the public body who sent them, or maybe to simply keep those illegal donations until the Illinois State Board of Elections gets notified and he...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - What does it say about a Mayor that cannot sit there and listen to a citizen exercise his right to address the council during a public meeting? Mayor John Miller committed a criminal Class C Misdemeanor during Collinsville's City Council meeting on July...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - I would first like to begin with pointing out how much we appreciate the new leadership and their legal counsel at the College of DuPage. Had it not been for them, this article may have never been written and we believe...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We see that DuPage County State's Attorney charged a Winfield Fire Protection District person with felony forgery and official misconduct for what appears to be presenting a forged college diploma. (Daily Herald coverage here) Keeping that in mind, let's look at...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The auction results from the 2016 Real Estate Tax Sale have been posted online: [gview file="http://www.iltaxsale.com/new/pdf/EDG/EDG0716Results.pdf" save="1"] . Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ....
JACKSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Update: CD Davidsmeyer has refunded the donation back to the Hospital. [caption id="attachment_31672" align="alignleft" width="103"] CD Davidsmeyer[/caption] Illinois State Representative CD Davidsmeyer (R - Jacksonville) recently commented on other Representatives calling for the ouster of Auditor General Frank Mautino. Within those comments was a...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - During our first Village of Chatham City Council meeting, I pointed out problems with the initial agreement between the Village and the South Sangamon Water Commission. Specifically, I pointed out three statutorily mandated items that must appear on the document that did...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - Jo Ann Reed, after approaching and almost hitting a citizen with her car, and stopping to call her a "crack head bitch" more than 23 times, decided to file what we would call a false claim with the Cahokia Police Department alleging...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - After the last meeting was canceled and a small verbal discussion in the parking lot, Commonfields of Cahokia Water District employee, Jo Ann Reed, decided to extract some revenge and intimidate a citizen who dared to ask questions. Reed, a person with her...
