Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

13 Aug Edgar County Board Meeting – 8-13-2014 –

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its regular monthly meeting today, August 13, 2014, at the courthouse. There were several actions taken, among those were: -Roll Call: Dan Bruner was the only board member not in attendance - Sandra Willett (currently Clerk Pro Tempore) was appointed to...

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12 Aug E. Kenneth Friker, from Klein Thorpe Jenkins Law, tries bullying library patron –

Posted at 21:43h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 13 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library held a personnel meeting today in which they want to give pay raises to library employees. Some of these employees are making far more than the average library pays in the surrounding area, the OPPL in...

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11 Aug Marshall, IL. still wrestles with unauthorized pay raises –

Posted at 21:48h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Unauthorized Pay Raises This whole issue of unauthorized pay raises came about after a December 23, 2013 meeting where a pay raise was voted on and approved. According to the minutes, several council members commented that this was “out of cycle” for raises...

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10 Aug Orland Park Library Director Mary Weimar assists pervert in eluding Police –

Posted at 22:51h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - On July 10 of this year, a person was in the library sitting down where others could see him. One person was shocked enough to call the police and report it. Here is what happened: Mary Weimar, Orland Park Public Library Director,...

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09 Aug Gardenview Manor in the Gary Weinard Sewer –

Posted at 08:33h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - Part of the agreement for the sale of the Vermilion County Nursing Home was to include a sewer hookup to the Village of Tilton sewer system. We reported on this here and here starting almost 9 months ago. This new sanitary sewer...

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08 Aug Attorney General: Orland Park Public Library Trustees Violated the Law Again –

Posted at 21:26h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Today, the determination letter from the Illinois Attorney General's office arrived stating that the Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees (OPPL-BoT) violated the Open Meetings Act when they voted to "ratify and affirm" actions taken at an illegal special meeting...

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07 Aug Arcola Township fighting 6th FOIA lawsuit –

Posted at 15:12h in Arcola Township, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 17 Comments

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ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Yet again, and hopefully the last time, Arcola Township has had another Freedom of Information Act civil suit filed against them for their alleged failure to comply with the FOIA. This makes this the 6th active civil suit under FOIA against Arcola...

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07 Aug Arcola Township sued for 5th time – Seeking Access to Public Records –

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ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - As I wrote in this previous article (here), Arcola Township has been sued for the 5th time for alleged violations of the Freedom of Information Act. The FOIA is such a simple public Act that I find it hard to believe public bodies...

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06 Aug WQAD-8 News Reports on North Henderson Trustee Ineligibility –

Posted at 22:43h in feature, Mercer County, New Henderson by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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NORTH HENDERSON, IL. (ECWd) - Following the article we posted this morning (click here), WQAD from the Quad Cities area ran a story on the 10:00 p.m. news after interviewing residents of North Henderson. From WQAD: Just South of the Quad Cities some people in the village of...

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06 Aug North Henderson – Four Village Trustees Ineligible for Office –

Posted at 12:51h in feature, Mercer County, New Henderson by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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NORTH HENDERSON, IL. (ECWd) - Up in Mercer County Illinois, Northwest of Peoria,  there is a small village named North Henderson (pop. 187). It suffers from all of the same problems that larger cities suffer from, just on a smaller scale. There have been rumors of illegal...

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