Coles Co. (ECWd) - On January 17, 2020, Michael "Shane" West plead Not Guilty to the charges of DUI. On January 21, 2020, West appeared in court again, and waived formal reading of the charges. According to his Judici file, he did not request Petition to Rescind Statutory...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Even with her bogus presentation worthy of an Oscar at the last Township meeting, Dupage Township Trustee Maripat Oliver once again will have to rethink her next misinformation campaign as her last one failed miserably. Read the prequel to this episode at...
WILL Co. (ECWd) - John Norton, former appointed Wesley Township Road Commissioner, ousted by the voters in 2017, filed a Motion to Reconsider the Plenary Order of Protection granted against him last fall. It is forever recorded that Norton has a Stalking No Contact Order against him...
Wesley Township, Will County, IL. (ECWd) - The former Wesley Township Road Commissioner (appointed to the vacancy in 2013 and never elected) thought it might be a good idea to reap (unlawful) unemployment benefits from his former (appointed to an elective) position when the electors threw...
Frankfort, IL. (ECWd) - Alexander “Alex” Petrakis, Associate Principal at Lincoln-Way East High School, resigned his employment effective January 15, 2020. We applaud him for doing the right thing. The School Board vote was unanimous to accept the 5 resignations listed on the Agenda. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/LincolnWay-2020-01-16-RESIGNATIONS-REPORT.pdf" title="LincolnWay 2020-01-16 RESIGNATIONS...
Collison, IL. (ECWd) - One of our readers, Ted Hartke, provided us with the following: Report of wind turbine transformer (at the turbine's base) on fire at 5:44 PM, Thursday, Jan 16, 2020, in the InvEnergy project located southwest of Collison Illinois. The fire department arrived shortly after...
Frankfort, IL. (ECWd) - Alexander "Alex" Petrakis, Associate Principal at Lincoln-Way East High School, was arrested and charged with DUI on November 23, 2019 in Lockport, Illinois. When I called him at work yesterday and asked if the information found on Will County's Court website was him,...
Joliet Township (ECWd) - As you listen to this recording of the Joliet Township Board of Trustees Executive (Closed) Session of the June 11, 2019 meeting, remember these things: Road District employees are not Township employees and cannot be discussed in the Township Board closed session ...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During our first visit to the Shelby County Board meeting, we expressed our opinion to the board about their hiring of a private attorney. An action we consider to be in direct violation of the law. I quoted from case law on...
Vermilion County, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners violated the Open Meetings Act on June 19, 2018 when it failed to give proper notice to the public of an item voted...
