Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Owen Costanza is the former Mayor of Poplar Grove, Illinois, a former Precinct Committeeman and former Boone County Republican Party Chairman. He was voted out of both offices at their most recent elections. After losing the mayoral election, Costanza decided it might be...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Paris, Illinois had two structure fires overnight within blocks of each other. One in the 800 block of Maple Street, the other on Browning Street, just off of Maple. The first fire on Browning (click for google photo) was a house and it was...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Just a friendly reminder out there to local governments and public officials: The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has all of its Binding Opinions since 2010 listed on its new website in separate documents for the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") and the...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - A garage/house fire started a few minutes ago in Marshall, Illinois. We will update as more information becomes available. This is about one block off of Highway 1. Photo submitted by a passerby. ...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - Nine alleged members of the Executive Committee of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County have been sued by a Delegate and Alternate to the Veterans Assistance Commission. Plaintiffs have both been selected and appointed as members of the Veterans Assistance Commission...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings resigned from his role on the Illinois Senate Democrat Leadership Caucus on August 12, 2022. Senate President Don Harmon accepted his resignation effective immediately. In a letter dated August 12, 2022, to Secretary of the Senate Tim Anderson, Senate...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - In 2019, Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings and the Illinois State Senate were sued by Cassandra Matz, who was Hastings' former Chief of Staff (See Chicago Tribune article). The Cook County Case Number was: 2019-L-6369 and alleged she was paid less than her predecessor...
Will County, IL. (ECWd) - Stunning revelations coming out of the video from the May 17, 2022, special meeting of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County's ("VACWC") alleged Executive Committee indicate they know they are wrong. On July 19, 2022, we published an article explaining the...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - We finally obtained a copy of Sen. Hastings' Rule 224 Motion for Discovery naming the Village of Frankfort and Will County as Defendants, along with at least two unnamed individuals. Hastings is attempting to find out who read and distributed a police...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO FELONY CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF AN EDGAR COUNTY MAN PARIS – An Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) death investigation resulted in the arrest of Preston Wallace, a 20-year-old male of Paris, IL,...
