PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In a minor derailment last night, six cars of a train came off the tracks in Paris, Illinois just west of the Route 133 (Jasper Street) and Jefferson Street intersection. The western-most rail appears to have slipped with several cars coming off the...
McHenry Co., IL. (ECWd) - It appears McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks is preparing for his next election well in advance, and he wants McHenry County taxpayers to help him out. Of course, he says he will sign an affidavit stating it is not for political...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Kankakee's Interim Police Chief Price Dumas resignation today comes within weeks of Daily-Journal reporter David Guiliani's article on Dumas's searching of the Illinois State Police's L.E.A.D.S. database for individuals who had been outspoken against Kankakee's Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong. His excuse at the time...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - I just wanted to throw this out there for those wondering why their tax bills, water bills, and sewerage bills are so high. I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency for "A copy of the name...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Several days ago we reported on compensation paid to members of the Board of Directors of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency ("KRMA") and clearly stated the article was based on the by-laws found on their webpage (here). I even noted in the opening...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - This week under the Big Top Circus tent known as Algonquin Township, the Gooch & Miller show is now front and center. Last week Thomas Gooch, who is representing Bob Miller, the former Township Road District Highway Commissioner who has invoked his 5th...
Will Co. (ECWd) - In another episode from the twilight zone of Wesley Township, we find yet another Township Official who thinks people have no right to question their actions. Wesley Township Clerk Sarah Norton contacted the Willmington Police yesterday citing a citizen was harassing her. Based on...
GRANITE CITY, IL. (ECWd) - Towards the end of last night's Madison County Board meeting, Board Member and Granite City Police Officer Michael Parkinson spoke about what he thought we should be looking into instead of the Fosterburg Water District. He failed to ask us to look...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - During the public comment portion of the August 14, 2018 Wesley Township Board of Trustees meeting, I ask Trustee Kathleen Kennedy who she thought she was to pass a letter around to park patrons accusing a resident of being a park...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - There must be something in the water in the Wesley Township Building. First, Township Trustee Kathleen Kennedy gets sued for telling people a resident FOIA requester is a pedophile when she is not (read about it here). Now, the former Wesley Township Road...
