Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The Hampton Inn in Paris, Illinois held its ribbon cutting this morning. This new Hampton Inn, built by Horve Builders, consists of 72 rooms on 4 floors including 8 extended-stay suites, pool, meeting room, business center, fitness center, and is pet-friendly. It is the...
Urbana, IL. (ECWd) - Reprinted with permission from checkcu.org please visit their website for more information on the Champaign-Urbana area. The November 16th Urbana City Council meeting brought greater insight into the heavy-handed and poorly defined public speaking rules imposed last month. Apparently, the rules created by Mayor Diane...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - On November 18, 2020, a Federal Grand Jury handed down a 9-count Indictment naming three Madigan associates and an Ex-ComEd CEO. "The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special...
Wabash Co, IL. (ECWd) - Village President (Mayor) of Bellmont, IL., Gary Lance, had previously filed sworn affidavits against five Bellmont, IL. residents in an attempt at securing Orders of Protection against them for the filming of, and for our publishing of, his illegal use of...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - After Bonnie Kurowski published what DuPage Township considers a "confidential" report on the summary of an employee complaint, the Township Attorney sent a cease and desist letter to her work email address. The letter demanded she remove the offending photos of pages...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker sent the Illinois State "COVID" Police to Paris, Illinois on Friday where a local restaurant was issued a "Notice of Noncompliance" alleging they violated the Governor's Executive Order and the Illinois Department of Public Health's guidance. Nothing was closed, no fines...
DuPage Twp, IL. (ECWd) - We have received information that wannabe "hard-hitting news source" Bonnie Kurowski has sent a threatening email to Township Trustees and the Township Supervisor making all kinds of wild, incoherent accusations, threatening criminal and civil actions, and even threatening to file a...
Harrisburg, IL. (ECWd) - RIDES Mass Transit District is the recipient of a $9,825,000 grant as part of the Rebuild Illinois Statewide Transit Capital Program. RIDES-MTD indicated the funds would be used for: • Upgrade all information technology items to replace existing end-of-life hardware and software items and include...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - This should be our final report on the Stalking / No Contact Order against former Wesley Township Road Commissioner John Norton (read previous articles here). On October 23, 2020, Norton appeared in person in Will County Circuit Court, on the day the...
(ECWd) - There have been statements and allegations in the recent past about public officials providing public records to people without formally using the Freedom of Information Act, and allegations that providing public records without using the FOIA is somehow tantamount to "leaking" records with criminal...
