As we continue to dive through hundreds of files proving the illegal spending by Kyley Willison, former Oakland Fire ...

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

On July 11, 2025, we received a tip that the Allendale Rural Fire Protection District was delivering water for a homeowner to ...

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

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 ...

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

The Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) governs meetings of public bodies in Illinois, and the University of Illinois must comply with ...

How many people get the luxury of knowing a search warrant was issued weeks in advance, or its execution being scheduled to ...

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

Champaign Co., Ill. (ECWd) - There has been considerable discussion on the amount of noise produced by solar farms, and a proposed solar farm project in Vermilion County. According to one person who ...

Orland Fire Protection District (ECWd) – This is what happens when public entities permit unlimited accumulation of sick time and also permit the converting of comp time to sick time. Upon his ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – On June 5, 2024, the Federal Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted Keith Freeman’s voluntary motion to waive discharge of any and all debts under his ...