Bloomingdale, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomingdale School District #13 held a public meeting on July 27, 2020, in which it knew would draw an unusual amount of public interest, and also public attendance. The District scheduled a Zoom meeting, but capped attendance at 100 people. The cap essentially...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Coles County State's Attorney Jesse Danley issued a Press Release concerning the allegations of Prosecutorial Misconduct by his now-former assistant prosecutor Brady Allen (allegations - - Brady Allen's response). *** August 25, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Coles County State’s Attorney’s Office was made aware of...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Brady Allen, former Assistant State's Attorney in Coles County, has provided the following Press Release in response to the recent filing in a DUI case alleging prosecutorial misconduct. *** PRESS RELEASE: August 23, 2020 In response to the allegations filed by Todd Reardon, on behalf...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - These are legitimate questions, and they beg for answers prior to election day. Today, we were notified that our entire Edgar County's State's Attorney's Office was on quarantine. Which led me to think about the upcoming election, and what would happen to election integrity if...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County State's Attorney's Office is on quarantine due to a positive test of COVID-19. Edgar County Board Chairman Jeff Voigt stated that "an office in the courthouse is on quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 test, and SERVPRO has been contacted...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday, a Motion To Dismiss Based On Prosecutorial Misconduct was filed in a Coles County DUI case. Attorney Todd Reardon filed this Motion in a case involving his client as Defendant and Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen as a prosecutor in...
DuPage County, IL. (ECWd) - Public Safety Announcement: Surge in Overdose and Suicide Deaths Review First 6 Months of 2020. Public Safety Announcement: Surge in Overdose and Suicide Deaths Review First 6 Months of 2020. Â On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen, M.D. reported on...
Clinton and Edgar Counties, IL. and Clinton County, IN. (ECWd) - "Do as I say, not as I do" Local health Departments have been preaching about mitigating the COVID-19 threat through the use of social distancing, wearing masks, and washing hands . . . to the public. How...
South Holland, IL. (ECWd) - Pamela D. Strain, President, Superintendent, and an owner of Beacon Hill Preparatory Academy (also known as the Lighthouse Christian Academy) was charged yesterday with income tax fraud relating to defrauding the National School Lunch Program, and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - On August 18, 2020, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow granted Governor Pritzker's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Defendants Christian Child Development Corporation and Parkview Christian Academy. The Motion for TRO against Hutsonville Schools is MOOT as they stated, prior...
