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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

DeWitt Co. (ECWd) – During the May 23, 2024, county board meeting, it was announced that Chairman Matthews had withdrawn his candidacy for office and will not be on the November 2024 ballot.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

Coles Co., Ill. (ECWd) – As part of his guilty plea and sentencing, Kyley Willison was required to pay $236,000 in restitution, with his first payment due on or before June 16, 2025, in the amount of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shelby County Sheriff Brian McReynolds was named in a civil rights lawsuit in March of 2023.  The case was filed by Chad ...

We covered the police reports related to the investigation and later prosecution of Kyley Willison, former Oakland Fire ...