On July 17, 2025, the Cook County Court Ordered the Village of Dolton, Illinois, to pay our attorney fees in the amount of ...

If you have ever submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to a public body and wondered if the records provided truly represent everything you asked for, your ...

Considering the volume of misinformation, opinions, speculations, and outright lies regarding the Jeffrey Epstein “files”, we ...

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

We recently became aware of allegations of Custodial Sexual Misconduct, Bringing Contraband into a Penal Institution, and Official Misconduct against now-former Edgar County Corrections Officer, Mark ...

On Sep 9, 2019, former Edgar County Jailer (and felon) Jason Ball was charged with failing to report change of address (as sex offender) and felon in possession of a firearm. These are Class 2 and 3 ...

Will and Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, ...

Cook Co. (ECWd) – As Dolton Illinois is becoming known worldwide due to the antics of its Mayor Tiffany Henyard, the Federal Government is activly moving forward in their criminal investigation of ...

DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) – Local Sycamore attorney Nicholas Cronauer represents Vantage Electrical group against a former employee whom allegedly stole data from their company. Mr. Cronauer hired forensic ...

There have been many conversations and publications lately concerning compensation being paid to current Thornton Township ...

Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) – As suspected, Objectors filed their objections to the petitions asking for a referendum question to abandon electing Rantoul Village Trustees by district. Just as in 2023, the ...

We previously reported on the $432,000 spent on media relations in the past few years. Since January 2025 (including July), ...