Brocton, IL. (ECWd) - INFORMATION RELEASE - EDGAR COUNTY CORONER A Brocton man is dead following an accident outside his residence Saturday evening. 911 dispatchers were alerted at 7:13 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021, that a man had been found unresponsive under his car in the driveway of...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - INFORMATION RELEASE - EDGAR COUNTY CORONER RE: Follow up to March 1, 2021, residential fire in Vermilion, Illinois Edgar County Coroner, Scott Barrett, has ruled the manner of death for both Michael and Nettie Phipps as homicides. The father and his infant daughter...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Thaddeus Jones is a current Illinois State Representative, was the first Black Alderman in Calumet City, and is now the first Black Mayor in the history of Calumet City, Illinois. Jones took his Oath of Office at the noon meeting today in...
Hillsboro, IL. (ECWd) - "Imagine Hillsboro, partnered with physicians at Springfield Clinic Hillsboro" to offer a Raffle. According to a Hillsboro High School parent of teen daughters on the varsity volleyball team, the new Assistant Coach of the JV volleyball team, Beth Cady, distributed a flyer designed...
S. Jacksonville, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of S. Jacksonville, IL. has been in a lawsuit for the past 5 years or more in relation to their alleged over billing of resident of the Laborer's Home Development. Jacksonville Affordable Housing LP v. Village Of South Jacksonville (Morgan...
IL. (ECWd) - Editor’s note 4-22-2023: We updated this article with new photos. Below you will see another of Bonnie Kurowski’s crazy conspiracy theories and ramblings the likes we have not seen in quite some time. This one was sent to several township officials two days prior to...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - As part of a Petition for Stalking / No contact order against John Norton, the allegations supporting the Petition include the mailing of a Dildo (a sexual toy) to the attorney petitioning for the Stalking / No contact order. From the Petition: ...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township has been in a long, drawn out court battle over their failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") a couple of years ago. There have been numerous settlement offers either flatly denied by the Township Board, or...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court alleging that the Illinois Department of Public Health has violated the Freedom Of Information Act. Kirk Allen had requested public records related to the IDPH's COVID-19 data published...
Markham, IL. (ECWd) - Just as we predicted in our January article (here) the First District Appellate Court issued its Opinion that recently re-elected mayor of Markham, IL, Roger Agpawa, is deemed ineligible to hold any Illinois municipal office, due to a federal felony conviction, and...
