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

Edgar County, Ill. (ECWd) – Michael Lowery, a former Kansas, Illinois teacher and current Martinsville, Illinois teacher was arrested in Edgar County yesterday and held in the Edgar County Jail.

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

Coles Co. (ECWd) – Let’s assume you were charged with a crime and the court appointed your defense attorney. Your attorney then negotiates a plea agreement with the prosecuting Assistant State’s ...

Edwardsville, Ill. (ECWd) – Press Release: EDWARDSVILLE, IL – The Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor decided that Chris Slusser’s withholding of “Facebook Blocked Lists” are in fact ...

Coles Co. (ECWd) – The Hutton Township Board of Trustees held its regular monthly meeting on Monday the 7th of October with a packed house of citizens. We attended after numerous complaints about the ...

Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) – For the past several months, the City of Springfield, Illinois city council has been allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of speakers and of those who chose to ...

Thornton Township (ECWd) – Thornton Township and Tiffany Henyard have apparently continued its attack on media and residents – this time by demanding reporters sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) ...

Are you tired of the political bantering back and forth and the mainstream media’s talking points about what the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” does or ...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – “Immediate Release: July 12, 2023 Shelby County Dive Team Chairman, Sonny Ross Shelby County Dive Team has been operating under an assumed structure since 1997. It was recently ...

Jefferson Co. (ECWd) – The outgoing Mayor of Nason, Illinois, Michelle McKinney, was allegedly arrested today for matters unrelated to Village business. For reasons not yet known, she was cuffed and ...

DeWitt Co. (ECWd) – During the May 23, 2024, county board meeting, it was announced that Chairman Matthews had withdrawn his candidacy for office and will not be on the November 2024 ballot. The ...