Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Federal Indictment Charges Man With Using Explosive Device to Damage Suburban Chicago Restaurant CHICAGO — A man has been arrested on a federal criminal charge for allegedly using an explosive device to damage a suburban Chicago restaurant. (Press release HERE) DIEGO VARGAS, 24, is...
Wabash Co., IL. (ECWd) - Wabash County Sheriff's Deputy Dylan Root arrested William E. Cook on charges of Threatening a Public Official, a Class 3 Felony in Illinois. On October 8, 2020, Cook sent a message to Jon King, a Trustee in the Village of Bellmont, Illinois,...
Marion County, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act was flied this week naming the Marion County Coroner as Defendant. On March 30, 2020, Shane Lyberger asked Marion County Coroner Troy D. Cannon for public records consisting of certain financial records of the...
Avon Township, Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - This is an article on Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke's perceived need to immediately sell township property without legal authority and without using the prescribed statutory methods. We held a 40 minute discussion about the alleged Annual Meeting of the...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - We have obtained copies of what are labeled as Illinois COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Planning Guide, COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook, Mass Vaccination SIREN Form 9-2020, and COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Initial Planning Meeting Agenda - the Agenda is for the McLean County Public...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - The Rochester Fire Protection District Trustees and current Rochester FPD Chief John Archer have been ignoring the law and the District's internal purchasing policy for years. Upon being contacted for help in fixing what was believed to be improper purchasing by members of...
Bradley, IL. (ECWd) - Catherine Wojnarowski, Village Administrator for the Village of Bradley, Illinois has been charged with a Class A Criminal Misdemeanor of Domestic Battery / Physical Contact. Case Number 2020-CM-0581 was filed today, October 7, 2020, in Kankakee County Circuit Court with a Hearing date...
Darien, IL. (ECWd) - Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District has made contributions to a Political Action Committee ("PAC"), The Friends of DWFD in Support of Debt Reduction Bond Referendum. The PAC indicates in-kind contributions from the Fire Protection District for PRINTING and POSTAGE in the total amount of...
L.A., CA. (ECWd) - Rip-Off of the Week E15: Los Angeles' Homeless Encampments. Today, Los Angeles hosts an estimated homeless population of nearly 40,000 people! Affluent parts of the city have become dangerous with open-air drug use, human feces, medieval diseases, and homeless encampments. Read the Open The Books...
Sacramento, CA. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 1, 2020  Sac City Unified School Board Admits to Hiding an Astounding $101.3 Million in “Books and Supplies” Budget SCUSD’s “Books and Supplies” budget increased from $11.1 million actually spent in 2019-20, to a budgeted $101.3 million for the...
