Kansas, IL. House Fire –

15 Sep Kansas, IL. House Fire –

Posted at 11:31h in Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, Kansas District 3, Kansas Village Board by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Kansas, IL. (ECWd) - Shortly before 10:00 a.m. today, Sep 15, 2015, the Kansas Fire Department was called to a house fire on the east end of town on Jefferson Street. Further information will be provided if we receive it. ...

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15 Sep College of Dupage – Sapyta: Electioneering and lies about watchdog groups –

Posted at 07:06h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A recent article in the Daily Herald exposed key reasons COD controller Lynn Sapyta was fired, according to her attorney. My first thought was that she might want to get another attorney as we were shocked to see him expose the laundry list...

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14 Sep DuPage Forest Preserve – 317-Count Criminal Trial starts today…

Posted at 11:20h in DuPage County, DuPage County Forest Preserve, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - ONLY YOU Can Prevent Forest Liars: Cross-Examination of the All-Star Witnesses in the DuPage County Forest Preserve IT Case PART TWELVE OF COUNTYLEAKS SERIES ON DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE...

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14 Sep College of DuPage – Breuder claims Hamilton threatened safety of Board Member

Posted at 06:45h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A recent document obtained through a FOIA request to COD sheds more light on Breuder and his misrepresentations to the media as well as ignorance to the law. An e-mail sent to Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune dated September 5th, 2014 reflects...

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13 Sep Effingham School Board violates Oath , Constitution, School Code, School Policy –

Posted at 20:28h in Effingham County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Effingham, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that the Board of Trustees of the Effingham School District were given free items (compensation) that the general public are not given, free of charge. We see this in almost every case where the legislature has explicitly...

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13 Sep City of DeKalb sued over improper rezoning vote for apartment complex –

Posted at 13:19h in City of DeKalb, DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Edited for clarity and to correct ownership of real estate...

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13 Sep Orland Park Library Trustees return some of the gold they took for personal use –

Posted at 10:50h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Library Board returns some (but not all) of gold it took from taxpayers A few Orland Park Public Library trustees have now returned some (but not all) of the gold that they had accepted as rewards for being on this...

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12 Sep Schools Prohibited from Requiring Student Passwords to Social Media –

Posted at 06:33h in District 4 (Crestwood), District 95, Effingham County, feature, Kansas District 3, Martinsville School District, PCHS, School Boards, Shiloh, State Board of Education by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Received this tip in an email blast on a recent change to the "Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act" from the legal firm of Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP...

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11 Sep DuPage State's Atty will not prosecute COD Open Meetings violation –

Posted at 16:13h in Attorney General, College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature, IL State Reps by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - The DuPage County State's Attorney, Bob Berlin, has stated that his office will not prosecute the College of DuPage Open Meetings Act violation from four years ago in which the Illinois Attorney General determined a violation occurred, and made that determination...

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10 Sep Lerna residents – Question answered, thanks –

Posted at 07:00h in Coles County, feature, Lerna by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 17 Comments

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Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: We received a phone call from the person in the photo who claims to have not meant it as a threat, but more as a safety thing while we were down around E. St. Louis. He sounded sincere, so I consider...

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