Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT TO THE ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AUTHORITY James Rowe will serve on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.* Rowe serves as ...

Bolingbrook, Ill (ECWd) – Imagine being a child and riding your bicycle to school, only to be struck in a crosswalk by a car, and the driver leaves the scene. Imagine being the parent of that child.

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – During the June 6, 2025, hearing on our Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit against the Village of Dolton, disgraced former Mayor Tiffany Henyard was held in contempt of ...

We covered the dismissal of the Sheriff from the lawsuit brought by Chad Hammond in this article.  According to the public ...

Thornton Twp. (ECWd) – Thornton Township, headed up by Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, was sued in Cook County Circuit Court today alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) ...

Orland Park, Ill. (ECWd) – The Orland Fire Protection District entered into a contract with a “consultant” to provide diversity consulting to the district at a rate of $3000 per month for one year, ...

Winnebago Co., Ill. (ECWd) – This is another interesting election issue in Pecatonica Township where it is alleged that a candidate for township supervisor filed his petitions to run for the office, ...

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 ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – According to recent bankruptcy filings of Keith Freeman, the Village Manager of Dolton, Illinois, and employee of Thornton Township, Freeman’s only employment is Thornton ...

Champaign, Ill. (ECWd) – Over the past several months, we have been reviewing a Facebook page entitled “ The Boathouse Johnny’s Gone Fishing ” because we believed it to be a “fake” page passing on ...

Iroquois Co., Ill. (ECWd) – A Freedom of Information Act request for search warrants and subpoenas sent to the Iroquois County Public Health Department in 2022 resulted in the court sealing those ...

DeWitt Co. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s office is currently reviewing a criminal investigation of matters in DeWitt County. We covered it in this article. As referenced in the article, we ...