MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to the Ronald W. Wells felony charges in Clark County, Illinois. We previously reported on his arrest, and his first appearance in Clark County Circuit Court. We finally received the official Information Sheets, Warrants and Subpoena form the courthouse, and...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit has been filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court challenging the authority of the City of Carlinville and Village of Dorchester to form a private water company with Jersey County Rural Water Company for the purpose of developing a private regional...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - The Kankakee County Executive Committee will hold a meeting today at 9:00 a.m. to discuss, in part, the appointment of Rende O. Langlois as a Commissioner to the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority. He had held this post previously and resigned last year after...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination letter stating that it was "unable to conclude" and their office had "insufficient evidence" to determine that Jasper County School Board held an improper closed session meeting-after-the-meeting on December 18, 2017. This stems...
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township telephone system was hacked recently and the hacker left a rather bizarre and offensive message, which those reaching the Township voicemail would have heard. Here is the partial message, we are working on obtaining the complete message and will post...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The reported (see WAND, WCIA and WTHI) incident of an individual showing up at the Edgar County Sheriff's Department trying to pass himself off as a Federal Agent has gotten much attention in the press lately, and we put together a timeline...
PAXTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Ford County Supervisor of Assessments has tendered her resignation effective Monday, February 19, 2018, according to the Ford County Record. She stated that she resigned amid complaints from unhappy taxpayers in advance of a Special County Board Meeting scheduled for Monday...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - During at least the last two Jasper County School Board meetings, their attorney, Anthony Loizzi, from Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer Rodick & Kohn LLP, displayed a disrespectful, interruptive, and disruptive attitude towards School Board member Earnest and in some cases, towards citizens attending...
PERU, IL. (ECWd) - When a concerned citizen filed a report with the Peru, Illinois Police Department regarding what she believed to be official misconduct; illegal use of a fire department vehicle to snowplow a private driveway, the Peru Police Chief sent her a message saying...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 held its February 2018 monthly board meeting, which included the introduction of the District's 16 Illinois State Scholars. People's State Bank presented each Scholar with a well-deserved "Silver Eagle" Dollar coin. https://youtu.be/MwTV4viio3w?t=1m15s . Our work is funded entirely...
