Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – After our November 18th article on the Illinois State Board of Education’s (“ISBE”) refusal to provide the email addresses of its employees, and our filing of a Request for Review with the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”), the ISBE changed
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – After our November 18th article on the Illinois State Board of Education’s (“ISBE”) refusal to provide the email addresses of its employees, and our filing of a Request for Review with the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”), the ISBE changed
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – Considerable discussion was had relating to vehicles of the Animal Control program, and how funds were expended according to the Animal Control Act. This article is intended to dispel misinformation presented as fact, and we would advise our readers to
Lisle Township, Ill. (ECWd) – Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt has a court appearance on Wed., November 29th at 9:00 a.m. related to the charges of DUI filed against her on November 1, 2023. The police report, below, detail much of the incident (we are
Paris, IL. (ECWd) – As 2023 comes to a close, we are sharing some of the things we exposed and wrote about this year and also ask that you kindly give a donation to assist in keeping the Edgar County Watchdogs operational. Without the generous
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.
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(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.
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
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
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – A recent vote to release closed session minutes of the County Board disclosed a lot of information that refutes the narrative being pushed by members of the Dive Team and a few of their supporters. While the closed session minutes shed
Coles Co. (ECWd) – Coles County has been facing a lawsuit for the county board’s hiring of a private appraiser to perform commercial property tax assessments in the county. There is no provision in the law for a county board to hire such a person
