Champaign, Ill. (ECWd) - Over the past several months, we have been reviewing a Facebook page entitled "The Boathouse Johnny's Gone Fishing" because we believed it to be a "fake" page passing on false information as "news" and pretending to be associated with the University of...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 103-0439 (Civil Liability for Doxing Act) which becomes effective on January 1, 2024. What this law does, is give people the ability to file civil action against anyone who violates the Act by publishing "personally identifiable information" on the...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Residents, Village of Dolton Trustees, and Dolton Park District Commissioners came together for a press conference yesterday, and all of them alleged Tiffany Henyard, Mayor of Dolton and Thornton Township Supervisor, has been using the Dolton Police Department for political retaliation against...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Over the last 7 years, we have seen more malfeasance in Shelby County than we thought possible in local units of government. The tips we received on these matters include tips related to Townships, Municipalities, and County government. They have come to...
DOLTON, Ill. (ECWd) - Dolton, ILÂ - The Dolton Park District Board of Commissioners will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023, to discuss the mistreatment of a local patron who was denied the ability to host his popular car show by Mayor Tiffany Henyard...
Illinois (ECWd) - Our attorneys for this case, Loevy and Loevy, filed our petition for leave to appeal the Edgar County Watchdogs v. Will County Sheriff FOIA case to the Illinois Supreme Court a few days ago, and we are pleased that 17 news organizations have...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For the past thirteen years, we have spoken about the proverbial "onion" which is what we refer to local government being. When an issue arises and people start actually looking into the matter it never fails there are multiple layers of problems,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Coles County Board held their regular monthly meeting last night and as expected, Chairman Darrel Cox once again refused to allow a citizen to place an item on the agenda pertaining to matters that are germane to county business even though...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Anthony Fremarek, the former Plainfield Township Supervisor has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company in which he was one of the 5 partners as well as the CFO and Manager which we covered in this article last November, 2022. Fremarek was sentenced in...
Illinois (ECWd) - In part 1 of this series, we covered matters related to the office of the State's Attorney regarding his clients and who he is to represent. We encourage everyone to read that article so that they can test the truth on the subject...
