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March 18, 2024

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - UPDATE: We will livestream this Hearing tonight: (click here) The Concerned Taxpayers of Coles County will host a Legislative Hearing Chaired by State Representative Mary Flowers, Chair of Governor Pritzker’s Property Tax Relief Task Force. State Representative Mary Flowers invites all property owners...

Cahokia, IL. (ECWd) - On January 14, 2019, Illinois Senator (57th District) Christopher Belt filed a false Statement of Economic Interest related to his position as a Legislator. Belt was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Senator Clayborne in January 2019. On his filed statement, question number...

Paris, IL. (ECWd) - 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 Felonies, respectively. Ball entered a not...

McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Algonquin Township Road District Attorney Rob Hanlon filed a response to Davide McArdle's motion for judgment on the pleadings in the Lukasik counterclaim case against the Road District. For those that don't recall, we covered the fact Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik has...

Centralia, IL. (ECWd) - Centralia Probationary Police Officer Blake Stricklin resigned from the department on May 22, 2019 following an internal investigation of sexual harrassment. According to public records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the investigation revealed that Stricklin made inappropriate sexual comments to two...

McLean County (ECWd) - Former McLean County Assistant State's Attorney, William Layne Roberts, has field a 9-Count federal civil lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge against former Assistant State's Attorney Kristen Alferink, the Office of the McLean County State's Attorney, and former State's Attorney (and...

McLean Co. (ECWd) - City of Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner fabricated information during a phone interview in an attempt to deflect from the resignation of a police officer, Curtis Squires.  Renner's interview was on WJBC radio on the 25th of September, following the City Council meeting...

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