CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - Records provided to ECWd by Brad VanHoose, who received them via a FOIA request, indicate the Illinois State Police and FBI investigated the Village of Cahokia elections board for alleged election interference, among other things in 2015. The Illinois Appellate Prosecutor's Office took...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Just one day after being arrested (read about the arrest here) by the Wilmington Police Department, John Norton was slapped with an Emergency Stalking No Contact Order (Order of Protection) ("EOP") in Will County Circuit Court. According to the petition for the EOP,...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - John Norton was arrested at 3:30 p.m. on August 15, 2019, at his home. According to the Wilmington Police Report, Norton spent some time in the Dollar General store calling a customer a "B*tch" several times. In the narrative, Norton had paid for his...
McHenry Twp. (ECWd) - McHenry Township is located in McHenry County and has been in the news lately for its vote to discontinue the township senior bus service. Recently, we have written about Wesley Township in Will County and their unlawful charges for use of the township...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A now-former employee, Courtni Hays, of the Edgar County Health Department is alleged to have stolen or otherwise misappropriated funds from the health department. She has since resigned, the Edgar County Sheriff's Department has completed its investigation, and information forwarded to Edgar County...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District held a Special Meeting on May 1, 2019. During this special meeting, the district discussed items that were not listed on the agenda as discussion items. The Illinois Open Meetings Act mandates that only items listed on an agenda...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWD) - The Marshall, Illinois standoff which resulted in the arrest of (Charles) Tyler Livvix yesterday was the result of his failing to appear in court on a previous Felony charge of damage to government supported property. He was charged on July 18, 2019 for...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this afternoon, police attempted to arrest Tyler Livvix at his 14th street address in Marshall, IL. He refused to exit his home, which got the Marshall Police, Clark County Sheriff Dept, Illinois State Police, and the East Central Illinois Task Force involved,...
Wesley Township (ECWd) - Wesley Township and its Road District were named as Defendant in a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit filed by Cindy BRZANA yesterday. This suit accuses the Township and the Township Clerk, Sarah Norton of failing to answer several FOIA requests dating from...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - We sued the City of Kankakee last week for their improper denial of copies of settlements/agreements approved during their July 1, 2019 public meeting. What I requested: "Copy of all sales tax sharing agreements/settlement approved at a city council meeting within the past...
