UNION TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - Union Township (pop. 690), located in Cumberland County, Illinois, held its annual meeting of the electors on April 9, 2019. After receiving the financial reports, the Road Commissioner stated he needed funds to fix a broken tractor, which is estimated to cost...
Will Co. (ECWd) - A Motion for Default Judgement has been filed against the Norton Family for their alleged participation in Slander Per Se, False Light Invasion of Privacy, and Civil Conspiracy against a local citizen that has been attempting to hold the Township Government accountable. Named...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Today was the scheduled hearing regarding the Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner's contempt charge related to the Union 150 Arbitration matters on terminated employees. Gasser was in attendance and the ruling from the judge was the contempt was Purged, thus no violation...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - If you are new to our Time Card Tuesday series we urge you to catch up by first reading part 1, 2, 3, 4.,5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.  At this point in our coverage, it is abundantly clear, whoever was managing payroll has some explaining to...
ALORTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Illinois Comptroller's website, the Village of Alorton, Illinois, under the "leadership" of its Mayor, Jo Ann Reed, has failed to file the required TIF Reports for the past three years and failed to file its Annual Financial Report for...
JASPER CO., IL. (ECWd) - Jasper County School Board Member Jed Earnest's lawsuit against the School District and certain board members was terminated in March of 2019 by the Federal Court in Granting the District's Motion to dismiss. The Federal Court found, based on the evidence presented,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, former Springfield School District 186 board president, former vice-president, and current board member (until the newly elected board members take office), was arrested and charge last October (2018) with 5 felony Counts, including theft and financial exploitation of the elderly....
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - Attorneys for the State and for Defendant Barry Wolfe appeared in Coles County Circuit Court on Friday for a scheduled Hearing on Wolfe's Motion to Withdraw guilty plea. The Hearing was continued until April 26, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., and the State was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - HB 3141, sponsored by Representatives Brad Halbrook and Darren Bailey received a unanimous vote in the Illinois House last week. Sen. Chapin Rose has sponsored it in the Senate. This Bill is designed to eliminate the uncertainty immediately following a vacancy in the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - If you are new to our Time Card Tuesday series we urge you to catch up by first reading part 1, 2, 3, 4.,5, 6, 7, and 8.  At this point in our coverage, it is abundantly clear, whoever was managing payroll has some explaining to do. According...
