SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Margaret Croke file HB4156 today, which would make firearms manufacturers and dealers (including people who legally sell firearms) financially responsible for injuries or deaths which results from the unlawful discharge of a firearm in the State. Synopsis As Introduced: Creates the...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - While attempting to figure out the costs of the network hack from April 2021 (here is our initial report) on the Illinois Attorney General's computers and servers, we requested meeting minutes of the open public meetings, only to find them either redacted...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - United States Attorney’s Office Central District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 22, 2021 Former Kankakee Wastewater Utilities Officer Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison and Twenty-Four Months’ Home Confinement for $2 Million Fraud URBANA, Ill. – Richard G. Simms, 74, currently of Marietta, Ohio,...
Sanford, FL. (ECWd) - When our sister organization published its intention of conducting a four-hour watchdog training session in Sanford, Florida, a disgruntled self-proclaimed "reporter" wrote to the Mayor of Sanford, Florida, and lied about us in what appears to be an attempt at getting the...
Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - Windsor School Superintendent Erik Van Hoveln recently rejected the objections to "vaccination and testing" letters he received from school employees. We believe he is wrong, as explained below. In his rejection letter, Van Hoveln claims the following, among other claims: Because the Executive...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - Paris Fire Protection District responded to a field fire early this afternoon. The fire was just east of Route 1, on 300 N road in Edgar County. Video clips: ...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - High five to the Illinois Municipal League for allowing us to once again present “Who Let the (Watch)Dogs Out?” with the Edgar County Watchdogs and Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, Partner, Ancel Glink, at the IML’s 2021 Annual Conference. It was helpful to address the many...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Terra Costa Howard introduced House Bill 4151, with the following Representatives as Co-Sponsors: Daniel Didech, Ann M. Williams, Bob Morgan, Margaret Croke, Sam Yingling, Kathleen Willis and Anne Stava-Murray HB4151 will make it a crime to orally protest, pass out flyers or handbills, carry a sign, or...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative David A. Welter filed HB4149, with Rep. Amy Grant and Andrew Chesney as co-sponsors. Synopsis As Introduced: Creates the Parental Medical Choice Act. Provides that no State or local entity, agency, institution, official, or person shall require a minor to obtain...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - David Wiersma, Naperville, and Dawn Frankowski, Posen, were arrested for their alleged role in the events on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. According to the Complaint, both were alleged to have violated: 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(l)- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building...
