Kansas, IL. (ECWd) – We previously wrote about the Kansas Township Supervisor’s admission to the Attorney Gerneral’s Public Access Counselor that the township did hold a special meeting on Columbus ...

Former Illinois State Senator William Samuel McCann Jr was sentenced on July 9, 2024, to 42 months of imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $683,816.61 in ...

ILLINOIS (ECWd) – With the sudden interest in the Federal government’s payments to POLITICO subscriptions, we decided to update an article from several years ago on the public monies paid to Capitol ...

This is yet another one of the cases where you simply have to say, you can’t make this stuff up. WAND News ran this story two days ago. The named DCFS employee in the story, Deborah Riley, jumped out ...

Below are a couple of the Coles County Sheriff’s Office’s body cam footage taken during the search warrant issued due to ...

Dalzell, Ill. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) has issued a determination that the Dalzell Fire Protection District violated the Open… ...

Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – UPDATE: Edited to replace “Champaign County” with “Sangamon County” According to the Veterans Assistance Commission of Sangamon County, this is what lead up to the VAC ...

Harry Caray’s “Take me out to the ball game” is traditionally sung during the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs Baseball ...

On June 24, 2025, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor issued Binding Opinion 25-007 stating the City of ...

We have been witnessing a lot of issues with wind farms for the past 2 years. We are now monitoring and watching to see what happens to a property when wind turbines are constructed nearby. This ...

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. Yes. It happened. Jackie ...

Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – On August 9, 2024, Governor Pritzker signed SB-1102, which was sponsored by Senator Steve McClure and Representatives Tony McCombie and Brad Halbrook. Shelby County… ...