(ECWd) - Race for the 110th - Recent articles published and a joint investigation by Illinois Watchdog and Edgar County Watchdogs have resulted in FOX News picking up the article on Darrell Cox, current Coles County Sheriff and candidate for State Representative, selling and trading dozens...
ECWd’s – 110th State Representative Race It’s well known in politics, if you follow the money you can pretty much tell what you’re going to get because contributions of this magnitude bring commitments to policy, even though they deny that on the campaign trail. Springfield and...
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) has recently been under attack by area citizens for voting to allow porn viewing on public computers without restriction. This includes some instances of child porn that have gone unreported to the authorities and at least...
ECWD- 110 State Representative Race Looks like Darrel Cox's troubles have gone from bad to worse and one can only wonder why his own deputies didn't serve him yet with papers on the wrongful death suit currently filed in the federal courts against him. Will he...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Dozens of guns taken from crime scenes and accused criminals in Coles County have been sold or traded. That much is clear. ISN’T TALKING: Sheriff Darrell Cox won’t answer questions about seized guns, says it’s political. But...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - Letter from parents that vacated their home due to Invenergy's California Ridge Wind Turbine Farm disrupting their lives. Dear friends, I took Sophia to the eye doctor and pediatrician on Wednesday. Â She is having stress issues. Â After we were done, we went to my...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - After speaking to several Legislators yesterday about a FOIA expansion bill, I returned home to a letter from the Illinois Attorney General stating that the County of DeWitt was correct in denying access to the credit card receipts from the Probation Department...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Representative Brad Halbrook, 110th, is the sponsor on HB 5344, a bill design to strengthen the Freedom Of Information Act to put courts, circuit clerk, probation offices, and state's attorneys subject to FOIA. (WTYE ran a short article here). Background: In 1983, the Local...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - The Tribune offers its last endorsements today in contested primary races for the Illinois House. The election is March 18. 110th District: Rep. Brad Halbrook was appointed to this seat in a district south of Champaign-Urbana after Roger Eddy quit the House to...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Rob Bogue and I made a visit to the State Capitol today and talked with several State Legislators and a State Senator about some concerns we had in southern Illinois. Took a picture with State Representative Brad Halbrook, from the 110th Legislative District,...
