Ford County, IL. (ECWd) - On November 8, 2019, Andrew Killian, the Ford County State's Attorney, penned a lengthy letter to Ford County board members who received legal advice from an outside attorney in regards to a conflict of interest survey composed by Killian. The board members...
St. Clair Co, IL. (ECWd) - After numerous violations of the 5-day response time required under the Freedom of Information Act, and records not provided weeks after the request for records was submitted, we field a 6-Count lawsuit against the Village of Alorton, Illinois, located in...
PECATONICA TWP (ECWd) - This is one of four documented violations (so far) of the Open Meetings Act by Pecatonica Township within the past 2 years. Maybe they need additional remedial training on open meetings? This AG determination stems from a township meeting held on June 20, 2017,...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State University Police Officers Kaase and Shepard let Bloomington Fireman Michael Maines go from an alleged DUI "because of his employment" - instead of arresting him after a Field Sobriety Test and a measured 0.090% BAC. BLNNews.com received the incident reports thru...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Former appointed Road Commissioner, John Norton, filed a "lawsuit" in Will County seeking at least $1,000,000.00 from each of the eight named Defendants. The entire lawsuit appears to be filed under the guise of the "Citizens Participation Act" ("CPA") since he did include...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Judge Garst presided over a Hearing this morning where Stacy Adams entered a negotiated Guilty plea to DUI. She was sentenced to: 18 months conditional discharge $750.00 fine $1381.00 Schedule 6 assessment 75 hours of counseling (already completed) This comes as a result of...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - CBS2 Investigator Megan Hickey exposes Joliet Township problems. "Three Joliet Township workers said they were forced to do landscaping work on the township supervisor's home. He didn't answer questions about making the public employees work on his private property. CBS 2 Investigator Megan...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - During today's Edgar County Board Meeting, the public was notified that the Edgar County Jail is effectively closing at the end of the month. Citing the lack of any insurance coverage, the Edgar County Sheriff's Department will no long be able to house...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - I met Diane Benjamin on a cold, windy morning, in front of Bloomington-Normal's Mass Transit, Connect Transit, to discuss its massive financial losses each month - all paid for by the taxpayer. According to public records obtained by Diane, Connect Transit loses more...
DuPage CO. (ECWd) - During its October 22, 2019 board meeting, the DuPage County Board approved $1,359,172.00 worth of no-bid Insurance contracts (see pages 3 and 4) with Alliant/Mesirow, the company where Illinois House Speaker Madigan's son, Andrew Madigan, is an Executive. We believe, as does the...
