CLARK Co., IL. (ECWd) - On February 24, 2016, the State Fire Marshall’s Division of Petroleum and Safety conducted an on-site inspection of the Clark County Park District’s fuel dispensing station at Mill Creek Park. You can look-up the inspection at the State Fire Marshall's website...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Tonight's School Board meeting reflected Ron Sawin is officially retired April 30, 2016 When the lights are turned on in a place that has gone dark for some time, the cockroaches scurry. It appears to be the same when the people demand...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As a follow-up to this article pertaining to the request for a legal opinion from the DuPage County State's Attorney regarding a perceived conflict of interest with David Olsen, Downers Grove Mayor Pro-tem and his position as a College of DuPage Trustee. ...
The Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulations (IDFPR) is the state agency that investigates violations of statutes pertaining to certain licensed professions doing business in the State of Illinois. I filed two complaints with them in December of 2015 regarding Carla Burkhart and her company...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The decisions in Kraft v. Arcola Township, in which four cases were appealed out of Douglas County Circuit Court, were decided on March 17, 2016. The short answer is that the circuit court decisions were upheld and it was not a precedent-setting case. You can...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - According to PACER and its docket notification system, the SLAPP lawsuit Bridget Bittman filed in order to silence critics of the Orland Park Public Library has been withdrawn. We anticipate a press release forthcoming. A conference was held on March 15, 2015 where...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - BREAKING: Early in the morning on 3/22/16, the Village of Tinley Park was hit with a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court (Chancery Division) alleging multiple counts of wrongdoing centered around the actions of Village Attorney Thomas Melody (Klein Thorpe Jenkins)...
Vermillion Co. (ECWd) - A Federal lawsuit was filed March 18th, 2016 against Vermilion County and Michael Marron, in both his individual and official capacity as County Board Chairman. The allegation point to the termination of Nicole Bogart being an action "in violation of the First Amendment...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - After reading today's Daily Herald piece on a Community College Trustee holding two public offices it was of no surprise those who didn't want David Olsen are still trying to figure out a way to stifle the reforms taking place at...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was designed to allow the public full access to applicable public records in the possession of public bodies and the law outlines that the people own those records. FOIA games are what we call it when...
