Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Bridget Bittman, the Orland Park Public Library's public information coordinator, filed what we believe to be a SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit against critics of the OPPL's history of allowing child pornography to be accessed and other illegal things...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After the short meeting tonight that was determined to be a meeting of a non-existent finance committee, the Park District's "Security Guard" decided to intimidate those that were in attendance by staring them down as they walked past him. He was in...
More photos were taken of the turbine burning in Livingston County this past weekend and they came from the facebook page of: Rt66 & 17 Illinois Fire Ground Photos Please visit their page to see lots of pictures of this fire and give them a thumbs-up! ...
Illinois (ECWd) - The answer to a simple question is proving to make a world of difference in the understanding of our children’s future. If money were no object, would you send them to public school, private school, or would you home-school? As a product of public and...
Mt. Pulaski, IL. (ECWd) - After reading through the proposed "contract" between the Mt. Pulaski Community Unit School No. 23 School Board and Meridien LLC., it is clear this is no ordinary contract. This contract was discussed during the May 2015 school board meeting and is presumed...
Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: May 25, 2015, 9:15 a.m.: This is the second Iberdrola Renewables turbine fire in the past 10 days. The previous was on May 14 and was located in the Locust Ridge II Wind Farm near Westboro, IOWA. (news article here). Update: May...
Vermilion Co., IL. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nikki Bogart wins round 2: An Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Department of Employment Security ruled in a Decision issued recently that Nikki Bogart did not commit misconduct or insubordination as defined by Illinois law. After seven and a half years of...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In one of the more disturbing claims coming out of the Clark County Park District Executive Director's office, Charity Murphy has now claimed that even though I asked for electronic records, and even though the park district has the capability to...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After we reported that the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, Charity Murphy, had not taken any FOIA training, she decided to take the mandated training. Failure to take the training is a policy violation of the Park District and State...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - It has been reported to us, and we have verified thru Edgar County administrative contacts, that the Administrative Assistant position at the Edgar County Airport has been eliminated, effectively putting long time employee Lisa Gill out of a job. This decision was...
