Paxton, IL. (ECWd) - By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — Ford County officials sent a third courtesy letter Friday to the company that owns the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm near Paxton, reminding the firm to pay the $679,908 it still owes in unpaid property taxes and accrued interest. Ford...
McHenry County, IL. (ECWd) - Former State Representative and former McHenry County Board Chairman, Jack Franks, has admitted his involvement with "Illinois Integrity Fund" with a signed acknowledgment (click here): "I publicly acknowledge my role and involvement in the publication of the Flyers in connection with the...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - I was shocked to be informed that a request by the Velsicol property owners to sell the property to the City was even being considered by Marshall’s Mayor and the Economic Development person. I thought nobody could be that dumb to consider...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Appellate Court heard oral arguments in the Brotze v Carlinville et al case related to the formation of Illinois Alluvial. Illinois Alluvial argued their points, then the Brotze's argued theirs with Attorney Jacob Smallhorn. Listen to the audio (click here). We assume that Carlinville...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - The Joliet Park District released a statement today, which according to the Patch, include "revealing that certain potential financial improprieties by a former employee are now under investigation by the Joliet Police Department. "It was a large, large sum. It's thousands, not...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Update: Corrected to eliminate reference to "A Fractional CFO" as the alleged "Company A". The Plainfield Township Supervisor Anthoney Fremarek is facing a 6 count Federal Indictment. According to the indictment docket, Fremarek has been charged with the following in part: Count 1...
Shelby Co, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular board meeting Thursday night of last week which is the first time in years their meetings were held in the evening rather than the early morning when most people can not attend due to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - When people are denied public records they routinely reach out to us for assistance and more often than not, we are able to request the same records and we get them. When this happens it is an indicator of a problem because...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - As it stands now, the small Village of Metcalf (pop 189) in North-Central Edgar County, Illinois, has no candidates on the ballot for the elective offices of Village President and Village Trustee(s). There is still time remaining for interested persons to file as...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Last August, after hearing about the officer-involved shooting of Lantrell Allen by members of the Chicago Police Department, and reading CPD's official statements to the public, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for all police incident reports, text messages and...
