Clermont, FL. (ECWd) - A "reporter" with a new company from Clermont, Florida has taken offense to an Illinois Township Trustee's [Benford] publication of a letter written in response to a letter received by DuPage Township. We covered both letters: the one threatening to sue the township...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday afternoon, the Fourth District Appellate Court issued its decision to overturn the Circuit Court in the Brotze v Carlinville lawsuit, where Carlinville's decision to start a private company, with another private company and another public body, in order to contract with...
Avon Township, IL. (ECWd) - Terre Wilke, has stooped to a new low in negative campaigning. He recently opened up a website using the Township's name, without telling his readers it is not an official government website and is using that website to: falsely accuse candidates of...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - Former Marshall, Illinois Mayor Camie Sanders was quoted in the newspaper as advocating sanctioning and disciplining of council members who speak out about closed session discussions. This was directed at Mr. LeFever, who sent us a letter to publish several weeks ago about...
Pontiac, IL. (ECWd) - Another Corrections Officer at the Illinois Department of Corrections, Pontiac Correctional Center was arrested. We previously reported on the five Pontiac officers arrested and charged with felonies in McLean County (here). Pontiac Police Corporal Alan Doran arrested Andrew Krominga, a 5+ year D.O.C. employee...
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) - We previously published an article, including a letter, written to the DuPage Township Supervisor Felix George, by former Supervisor Bill Mayer in which he is trying to get the township board to rescind an action taken in 2019 to issue a corrected...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - A multi-count lawsuit was filed today in Coles County by Charles Lee Stodden's attorney, Thomas DeVore. The lawsuit is seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the County Board's hiring of a private contractor to perform commercial assessments and for providing compensation of health insurance...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - This is an accident from last week, where an on-duty Clark County Sheriff's Deputy, in his assigned squad, was traveling on a 2-lane highway west of Marshall, Illinois, outside of Martinsville. He came across a van and side-swiped it. The van was...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to our earlier article on the five Illinois Department of Corrections Officer who ended up being arrested mid-February. All five officers were charged with Felonies of varying degree, with Bonds between $20,000 and $50,000. All five have bonded out...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Update: Mugshots in follow-up article (here) Five Illinois Department of Corrections officers (Pontiac State Correctional Institution) found themselves locked up on the wrong side of the bars in McLean County after a wild night out-on-the-town. BLNNEWS (Diane Benjamin) was tipped about five Illinois Department...
