McLean County (ECWd) - Former McLean County Assistant State's Attorney, William Layne Roberts, has field a 9-Count federal civil lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge against former Assistant State's Attorney Kristen Alferink, the Office of the McLean County State's Attorney, and former State's Attorney (and...
McLean Co. (ECWd) - City of Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner fabricated information during a phone interview in an attempt to deflect from the resignation of a police officer, Curtis Squires. Renner's interview was on WJBC radio on the 25th of September, following the City Council meeting...
McLean Co. (ECWd) - Bloomington Fireman David Hall was arrested on January 11, 2019, for Domestic Violence after allegedly punching his wife in the face outside the KAPPA Men's Club in Kappa, Illinois - Woodford County. According to the verified statement of Woodford County Sheriff's Deputy Campbell,...
BLOOMINGTON, IL (ECWd) - On November 7, 2018, Jay Laesch, former financial director of Bloomington's US Cellular Coliseum pled guilty to one count of money laundering under $10,000 and filing false tax reports for BMI Concessions, a class 3 felony. BMO Concessions is the former concession...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) - Judith (Judy) Valente (read previous article here) left a message on the ISU Police Chief's answering machine demanding to know why the dash cam video of her traffic stop, in which she berated and belittled police officers, was release to media without...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently, this candidate for public office is still living the fantasy life of a child, thinking she can simply issue threats and no one is going to pay attention. We are paying attention and threats like this from political candiates need called...
NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) - Three days after we wrote about Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Commissioner Beth Whisman's disqualification from that office, she chose to resign (see original article here). According to an article posted to WJBC's website (here), the Airport Authority's attorney gave a legal opinion that she...
NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_44306" align="alignleft" width="152"] Beth Whisman Photo from LinkedIn[/caption] Beth Whisman is an appointed Commissioner to the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority. She is also an employee of the Town of Normal, Illinois. She is also on Bloomington's Downtown Signage Committee. See screenshot of her...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Local Watchdog Diane Benjamin, blnnews.com, says she caught the Bloomington High School using public funds and students to advocate for guns control bills. First the school denied having the printed flyers, admitted to copying them but gave a ridiculously low price that...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Former McLean County Board Chairman, Matthew Sorensen, was convicted on wire fraud in federal court in September 2017. He was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison, fine of $100, and restitution of $490, 975.00. His partner in crime was also...
