Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Records recently provided to us from the Village of Dolton related to a FOIA request for all payments made to Keith Freeman clearly show Freeman was employed by the village and is still employed by them, albeit without payroll taxes being taken...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - A Village Trustee, along with ABC7-Chicago have both confirmed that the FBI is conducting a raid on Dolton Village Hall at this time. There was no indication of what they were looking for but did note it was court-authorized. It began a little after...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board has called an emergency meeting for Monday, April 22, 2024, at 7pm. The courthouse windows are the topic to be discussed and acted on. With numerous uninformed social media posts blaming the county board for the delays in courthouse...
Champaign County, Ill. (ECWd) - Towards the end of the April 18, 2024, Champaign County Board Meeting, County Auditor George Danos apparently mentioned "ethics" in his presentation. A board member questioned him on ethics and made the comment that Auditor Danos had used the county computer to...
DeWitt Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's office is currently reviewing a criminal investigation of matters in DeWitt County. We covered it in this article. As referenced in the article, we had not received any response from the County Chairman at the time of publication. March...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - A Federal Indictment was handed down today on Keith Freeman, Tiffany Henyard's Administrator for Thornton Township and Village Administrator for the village of Dolton, Illinois. We wrote about his alleged fraudulent scheme on February 8, 2024, (here) where we noted discrepancies in his...
Downers Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - After receiving information regarding the push by the Downers Grove Village counsel to remove an appointed library board member we quickly recognized they appeared to be ignoring the law governing the removal of volunteer uncompensated board members. According to the Village's resolution,...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton Trustee Andrew Holmes have been named as Defendants in a civil lawsuit by a former Dolton and Thornton Township employee and former Dolton Police officer as Plaintiffs. In the lawsuit are allegations that Trustee Andrew Holmes sexually...
Thornton Township (ECWd) - We, Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc., filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year when Thornton Township and Supervisor Tiffany Henyard's failed to respond to requests for public records. In the settlement, Thornton Township paid $5,500.00 for our attorney fees - if Henyard...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Freedom Alliance is hosting its Grassroots Rising Seminar on April 27, 2024, in Peoria, Illinois. Â Details can be found at this link. Kirk Allen will be covering "A call to action to foster accountability, truth, and transparency in our local governing...
