Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Curtis Webb, recently fired employee who worked for VenuWorks as Executive Director of the US Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. is apparently being investigated in Minnesota for potential fraud and theft of funds form his former position at the Sanford Center in Bemidji,...
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 19, 2016 Man Posing as a Highly Decorated Navy Seal Sentenced to Federal Prison ROCKFORD — A California man claiming to have been a Navy SEAL was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - At a meeting held December 19, 2016, the Edgar County Airport Zoning Commission voted to recommend an Airport Zoning Ordinance to the Edgar County Board for their approval. This, despite opposition from nearly every person attending the meeting, and a promise from the...
WASHINGTON D.C. (ECWd) - We previously reported on some of Congressman Shimkus' expenditures and his partying at the place known for the "reserve-a-bed" and the "spank room" in this article: "Congressman Shimkus Exposed." THE POLITICAL GHOST OF AARON SCHOCK WILL HAUNT SHIMKUS Aaron Schock resigned from the U.S....
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - The list of candidates who filed their petitions for Clark-Edgar Rural Water Commissioner, prior to the end of the filing period, are as follows: Sandra O'Neal Lisa Thomas Seth Thompson Charles Warfel Brad Adams Phil Adams...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Candidate Lineup (gleaned from petitions that were submitted by close of business today) for the Clark County Park District Board of Commissioner seats in the April 4, 2017 election is as follows: 3 full (4-year) term seats - Roy Sweet, Joe Ewing,...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Mayor of Chatham, Illinois, Thomas Gray - who is also an attorney (officer of the Courts), immediate past president of the Illinois Municipal League, and (recently retired) General Counsel to the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, thought to act his unprofessional self and flip-off a...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Oakland Fire Protection District was called out this evening to a structure fire in rural Coles County. Video: ...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Bloomington Election Commission and its Municipal Officers Electoral Board has rescheduled the hearing previously scheduled for Thursday (where they failed once again to properly post the agenda) for Friday December 9th at 2:30 p.m., or 1430 hours. There are other petition objection hearings...
LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - Lisle Community Unit School District 202 has attempted to claim copyright on its School Board meeting videos (click here). Those videos are a public record and cannot be copyrighted (court case here) (article in the Municipal Minute here) or otherwise have any restrictions...
