BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE 4-12-2019-1945hrs.: Mayor Roger C. Claar stated that the Village Administrator hired her, she did not hire herself. Our opinion is that it doesn't matter who actually did the hiring, but we are researching this new information for a future article. It has...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Update: This original Bill was gutted and the provisions mentioned below did not pass and were not enacted into law. Get elected - hire yourself - be your own supervisor:Â PRICELESS! The Illinois House of Representatives passed, by a unanimous vote, House Bill 3501...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - State Representative Sam Yingling (D) is Chief Sponsor, with David Welter (R), Kathleen Willis (D), Daniel Didech (D), David McSweeney (R), and Jonathan Carroll (D) co-sponsoring HB3596 after House Floor Amendment 2 was added, there are a total of four amendments. The language...
UNION TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - Union Township (pop. 690), located in Cumberland County, Illinois, held its annual meeting of the electors on April 9, 2019. After receiving the financial reports, the Road Commissioner stated he needed funds to fix a broken tractor, which is estimated to cost...
ALORTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Illinois Comptroller's website, the Village of Alorton, Illinois, under the "leadership" of its Mayor, Jo Ann Reed, has failed to file the required TIF Reports for the past three years and failed to file its Annual Financial Report for...
JASPER CO., IL. (ECWd) - Jasper County School Board Member Jed Earnest's lawsuit against the School District and certain board members was terminated in March of 2019 by the Federal Court in Granting the District's Motion to dismiss. The Federal Court found, based on the evidence presented,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, former Springfield School District 186 board president, former vice-president, and current board member (until the newly elected board members take office), was arrested and charge last October (2018) with 5 felony Counts, including theft and financial exploitation of the elderly....
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - Attorneys for the State and for Defendant Barry Wolfe appeared in Coles County Circuit Court on Friday for a scheduled Hearing on Wolfe's Motion to Withdraw guilty plea. The Hearing was continued until April 26, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., and the State was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - HB 3141, sponsored by Representatives Brad Halbrook and Darren Bailey received a unanimous vote in the Illinois House last week. Sen. Chapin Rose has sponsored it in the Senate. This Bill is designed to eliminate the uncertainty immediately following a vacancy in the...
McLean Co. (ECWd) - Bloomington Fireman David Hall was arrested on January 11, 2019, for Domestic Violence after allegedly punching his wife in the face outside the KAPPA Men's Club in Kappa, Illinois - Woodford County. According to the verified statement of Woodford County Sheriff's Deputy Campbell,...
