Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township has been in a long, drawn out court battle over their failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") a couple of years ago. There have been numerous settlement offers either flatly denied by the Township Board, or...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court alleging that the Illinois Department of Public Health has violated the Freedom Of Information Act. Kirk Allen had requested public records related to the IDPH's COVID-19 data published...
Markham, IL. (ECWd) - Just as we predicted in our January article (here) the First District Appellate Court issued its Opinion that recently re-elected mayor of Markham, IL, Roger Agpawa, is deemed ineligible to hold any Illinois municipal office, due to a federal felony conviction, and...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - On April 20, 2021, Coles County Judge Glen found former Mattoon Special Education School Nurse Hilary Rawlings NOT GUILTY on all six Counts against her. According to the docket found on Judici, after a two-day bench trial where prosecution and defense arguments were...
St. Louis, MO. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen was interviewed on the Mark Reardon Show on KMOX this evening. Listen to it here on KMOX, at about the 15:40 mark, or below: ...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Illinois State Police seeking public record related to the investigation into the Shelby County Sheriff's Office's selling of seized weapons in violation of state law. The...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - This past Saturday afternoon, John Norton was served with copies of an Emergency Stalking / No Contact Order of Protection, which was granted by a Will County Circuit Judge on Thursday. John Norton was described in the Order as a "skinny disheveled...
IL. (ECWd) - In “Rules for Radicals,” Saul Alinsky urged community activists to hold the enemy accountable to its own rules. “No organization,” Alinsky wrote, “can live up to the letter of its own book.” Though not fans of Alinsky, two men from rural Illinois are...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - When viewed in slow motion, it appears to show Adam Toledo did not have a weapon in his hands when he was shot but may have tossed it while he raised them. At about the 4-second mark in the video, a screenshot shows...
MADISON CO, IL. (ECWd) - Rob Dorman and Doug Hulme have filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court naming the Cities of Edwardsville, Alton, Granite City, and Collinsville as Defendants for their part in the Madison County Public Corruption Task Force as respondeat superior ("let...
