Caseyville, Ill. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of the Village of Caseyville voted to release the audio recording and minutes of its July 3, 2024, closed session meeting. This came after the village failed to respond to complaints to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Despite the board's numerous attempts at claiming victim status, "The [Thornton Township Board] unequivocally violated the OMA...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - The Village of Dolton Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Monday, August 5, 2024, at Dolton Village Hall at 6:15 p.m. - that is, if Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard doesn't get childish again and lock the trustees out while...
(ECWd) - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is the law outlining people's rights to public records. "Sec. 1. Pursuant to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of government, it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Illinois that all persons...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, we received what Thornton Township says is an accounting of the BINGO free stuff and gas give-a-ways; all of it on the backs of the taxpayers of Thornton Township. Between 2023 and Feb 2024,...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - In what has become the usual experience with anything related to Thornton Township Supervisor / Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, records of receipts are rarely provided, unless you file a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. She always makes it a point...
From Illinois Answers Project: A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. How much has changed? ECWd note: Current Coles County Sheriff Kent Martin stated to us that Chief Deputy Tyler Heleine ordered the...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police released the July 6, 2024, body cam videos (two of them) which show (former) Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson's shooting of Sonya Massey. Grayson has been charged with First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, and Official Misconduct...
Shelby Co.- (ECWd) - Once again we find ourselves witnessing the spin cycle after attending the Shelby County regular board meeting. In January of 2022, we published this article after former county board member Gary Patterson pointed out the number of county audits listed with one accounting...
Will Co., Ill. (ECWd) - In 2022, Joliet Township Supervisor Angel Contreras was Indicted on 5-Count Felony DUI after an incident in which he was arrested on Father's Day, 2022. Today, he plead guilty to felony DUI and aggravated driving without license, according to Shaw Local, and...
