Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In our last article, we pointed to Benjamin Franklin's famous response regarding the form of Government we have, "A Republic if you can keep it".  As we mentioned in that article, we referenced how people pump out misinformation which contains an element...
Tazewell County, IL. (ECWd) - The former county auditor, through her attorney, has petitioned the Tazewell County Circuit Court asking to have the court order a special prosecutor to look at allegations against the Tazewell County Board Chairman J. David Zimmerman. The petition alleges a conflict of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Benjamin Franklin was asked a simple question after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, what kind of government did you give us? The response, "A Republic If You Can Keep It". We have yet to find a single civics class in our...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During the Shelby County Board meeting last night some things came out that exposes a level of ignorance, malfeasance, and in some cases reckless disregard for the law that frankly we have never seen in any other county. A great question was raised...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have referred to election season as the silly season because of all the lies and misinformation spread by those seeking office, and election law violations such as signs being placed on public property and other election law malfeasance that...
Cook County, IL. (ECWd) - Carmen Navarro Gercone, Democrat Candidate for Sheriff of Cook County was removed from the ballot by the First Appellate District Court after objectors appealed the circuit court's decision to overturn the Cook County Electoral Board's decision to remove her from the...
Illinois (ECWd) - "The candidates [Susan F. Hutchinson, Mark Curran, and Nancy Rodkin Rotering] each submitted enough signatures to appear on the ballots seeking their respective parties’ nomination for a seat on our supreme court. The circuit court’s judgment reversing the Board’s decision and ordering the...
Bloomington, IL (ECWd) - This is a monthly recurring issue with Bloomington-Normal Connect Transit...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - After we published the article on the allegation that an IDOT employee fired his personal firearm at work after a workplace prank on him by other IDOT workers (here), the Illinois Department of Transportation responded to our request for comment with the...
West City, IL. (Franklin County) - (ECWd) - We received a tip about a firearm incident on IDOT property at their West City Building. We now have two separate confirmations from separate state officials that an IDOT employee fired shots on IDOT property in West City, Illinois...
