Coles Co. (ECWd) - The newly elected Coles County Board members will be serving without any compensation. The current board is required to set the compensation of the elected officers as outlined in the Counties Code at this link. During the May 2022 Coles County Board meeting, the...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Third Appellate Court issued its 22-page Opinion/Order on Will County Sheriff's appeal of Summary Judgment granted in our favor by the Will County Circuit Court on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit we filed against the Will County Sheriff for denying...
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. During his time as the Township Supervisor, we met with him and provided...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - When a politician names something the "Truth In Politics Act" you can bet its actual meaning is the opposite of its title. Illinois State Representative Denyse Wang Stoneback has introduced HB5850 which would criminalize certain speech directed at political campaigns. The bill prescribes...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 has published an agenda for an "emergency" meeting tonight at 6 p.m. and published it less than 48 hours prior to an alleged Emergency School Board meeting. It is also a Zoom-only meeting since they are apparently seeking...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - This should be a textbook lesson learned for anyone running for public office: If you are running for office, and your opponent publishes true statements about your past, filing a lawsuit alleging defamation or anything else will not go well and...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - In another display of wasteful spending and comingling of resources within the village of Dolton and Thornton Township, a woman attempted to attend an official township event and was forced to leave by Dolton police officers acting on township supervisor Henyard's unlawful...
Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) - Prior to the November 15, 2022, Mattoon School Board Meeting, Board Chairman Michelle Skinlo was caught electioneering on school property when we spotted her passing her election petition sheet to a fellow board member for his signature while seated at the boardroom...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Dana Davenport, former Naperville Liquor Commissioner (Public Officer), current Attorney (Officer of the Court), and internet talk and television show host (using the name of Dana Michelle) plead Guilty in DuPage County Circuit Court on October 24, 2022, to Driving Under the...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Once again we find local reporting is just that, reporting. The challenge with simply "reporting" is that it fails to get to the root of the matters being reported on.  A headline in November 19, 2022, Prairie Press reads: "Health Department rights...
