West City, IL. (Franklin County) - (ECWd) - We received a tip about a firearm incident on IDOT property at their West City Building. We now have two separate confirmations from separate state officials that an IDOT employee fired shots on IDOT property in West City, Illinois...
Washington D.C. (ECWd) – H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) passed the United State House of Representatives in September 2021. Among those voting in favor was downstate Illinois U.S. Representative Rodney Davis – see all votes HERE. Recently, Rodney Davis has been touting his support of military servicemembers,...
Dunlap, IL. (ECWd) -Â DUNLAP - An Illinois Review reader drew our attention to a situation in Dunlap Illinois, where two library employees were reprimanded for reporting a man allegedly viewing and using the library printer to duplicate photos of little girls. The situation was discussed at...
INDIANA (ECWd) - A federal Judge issued an extremely rare injunction against a union labor organization in the Northern District of Indiana. In finding that the Norris-LaGuardia Act does not prohibit this injunction, Judge Simon issued the following Injunction in this civil case: "Pursuant to the stipulated agreement between...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suburban Chicago Police Chief for Allegedly Corruptly Accepting Money From Local Businessman CHICAGO — The Chief of Police in the village of Summit, Ill., corruptly accepted money...
Thornton Township, IL. (ECWd) - After reviewing the Thornton Township Elected Official Compensation Resolution, dated September 8, 2020, it is clear there is an attempt at limiting the number of people who wish to run for office. It is also clear to us this attempt violates...
St. Charles, IL. (ECWd) - The closed and recently sold Pheasant Run Resort is on fire. Photos provided by a reader: [gallery link="file" ids="77531,77530,77529,77528"]...
Shields Township, IL. (ECWd) - The meeting agenda for tonight's Shields Township Board of Trustees meeting has agenda items to take action to accept the resignations of the township clerk, township assessor, and two township trustees. An April 22, 2022 Press Release issued by the Shields Township...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - During today's Hearing, Cook County Judge Karkula issued an abeyance (stay) of his previously issued Emergency Temporary Restraining Order, which was initially issued Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to order the circuit clerk to not certify the referenda for the ballot. Attorney for the...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - The second time since 2015, a new effort to establish an elected official recall Ordinance in the Village of Dolton is on the ballot. The previous recall ordinance was invalidated by the Appellate Court, who stated it was unconstitutional because the 2015 Ordinance...
