McDonough Co. (ECWd) - After receiving a complaint that McDonough County Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout was blocking people from the official Sheriff's Facebook page, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for a screenshot of the blocked users page on the Sheriff's official Facebook account. We...
(ECWd) - We first covered the Manteno, Illinois collusion with a Chinese Battery Company in this article. During the prior city council meeting the Police Chief said they had never had so many people at a meeting as the one held on October 2, 2023. Knowing...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) - An Agency of the Regional Offices of Education of Will County and Grundy-Kendall County, the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA"), entered into a contract with Vista Learning, NFP, as early as 2013. Between 2017 and 2023, Vista Learning issued $874,740.59 in "bonuses" to...
Urbana, Ill. (ECWd) - Article republished with permission from Check CU. The City of Urbana, Illinois has violated public records laws once again, according to the Illinois Attorney General. Nearly six months ago, Check CU published an article showing that Urbana officials were going out of their way to...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Education has declined to provide the email addresses of its employees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request by claiming that disclosing the email addresses of its employees (who presumably actually use the email addresses to...
Lisle Twp., Ill. (ECWd) - On November 1, 2023, embattled Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt was arrested by Warrenville Police Department and later charged with misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. Her next court appearance for case number 2023DT002173 is scheduled for November 29, 2023, at...
Edgar County, Ill. (ECWd) - November 18, 2023, will be the 10th anniversary of the firebombing of two airplanes as they were sitting at the Edgar County Airport. If anyone has any knowledge related to this incident, you are encouraged to contact the authorities - or contact...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - See below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Code-of-Conduct-for-Justices_November_13_2023.pdf"] ...
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...
