McLean Co. (ECWd) – The Plaintiff attorney and former McLean County Assistant State’s Attorney in a recently filed Sexual Harassment lawsuit out of McLean County is accused of practicing law without a […]
McLean County (ECWd) – Former McLean County Assistant State’s Attorney, William Layne Roberts, has field a 9-Count federal civil lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge against former Assistant State’s Attorney Kristen […]
McLean Co. (ECWd) – City of Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner fabricated information during a phone interview in an attempt to deflect from the resignation of a police officer, Curtis Squires. Renner’s interview […]
McLean Co. (ECWd) – Bloomington Fireman David Hall was arrested on January 11, 2019, for Domestic Violence after allegedly punching his wife in the face outside the KAPPA Men’s Club in Kappa, […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL (ECWd) – On November 7, 2018, Jay Laesch, former financial director of Bloomington’s US Cellular Coliseum pled guilty to one count of money laundering under $10,000 and filing false tax […]
Will & Dupage Co. (ECWd) – Wanting to make a difference in your local government but don’t know where to start? Join us Sunday afternoon, September 16th at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Bolingbrook, […]
(ECWd) – Free Press, as the nation’s founders intended, is spelled out in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or […]
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) – Judith (Judy) Valente (read previous article here) left a message on the ISU Police Chief’s answering machine demanding to know why the dash cam video of her traffic […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Apparently, this candidate for public office is still living the fantasy life of a child, thinking she can simply issue threats and no one is going to pay […]
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois – (ECWd) – Watch this disgusting display as Judith (Judy) Valente was stopped by the Illinois State University Police on March 28, 2018 for driving on an expired license plate. […]
NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) – Three days after we wrote about Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Commissioner Beth Whisman’s disqualification from that office, she chose to resign (see original article here). According to an article […]
NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) – Beth Whisman is an appointed Commissioner to the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority. She is also an employee of the Town of Normal, Illinois. She is also on Bloomington’s Downtown […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Local Watchdog Diane Benjamin, blnnews.com, says she caught the Bloomington High School using public funds and students to advocate for guns control bills. First the school denied having […]
DOWNS, IL. (ECWd) – Less than one month after drafting a sexual harassment policy, according to recently released emails and other documents, the Downs Fire Protection District apparently held a Christmas Party […]
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) – Former McLean County Board Chairman, Matthew Sorensen, was convicted on wire fraud in federal court in September 2017. He was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (EWCd) – While Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner was on “temporary leave of absence” several people sent him emails asking for answers to certain questions. He has yet to answer either […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – By: Diane Benjamin I was back in court today, luckily not playing lawyer this time! I attended the arraignment of the Felony 5. Cameras are now allowed inside […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL> (ECWD) – From BLNNEWS.com: Click here: Know something about CIAM or Coliseum? The Illinois State Police are still investigating! If you have information applicable to the case call them. 815-844-1500 Follow […]
STANFORD, IL. (ECWd) – A week or so ago we published an article (click here) showing how the McGrath Law Office, Village Attorney for Sanford, Illinois had filed false paperwork purporting to […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane’s pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after […]
STANFORD, IL. (ECWd) – This is a story of a Village, or maybe an attorney, who appears to have tried to take the easy way out of a problem by allegedly filing […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Edgar County Watchdogs talk to BLNNEW.com founder Diane Benjamin about the use of city credit to purchase an airplane ticket for Bloomington Mayors Tari Renner’s girlfriend to join […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft, joined Ben Yount in studio for the live Illinois Watchdog Radio Show this afternoon to discuss various issues with […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Well, well, well…this leaves all of us scratching our heads in disbelief… The reimbursement… “months ago” …by Margot Erhlich for the personal airplane ticket bought using the public […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – After outing Bloomington’s use of public credit to purchase an airline ticket for Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner’s girlfriend to go on vacation in Japan, he came out defiantly […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – After posting an article exposing the fact that the City of Bloomington, Illinois had purchased an airplane ticket for Margot Erhlich, Mayor Tari Renner’s girlfriend, to presumably accompany […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Bloomington Illinois’ Mayor Tari Renner took another vacation, I mean took another “business trip” to Bloomington’s Japan Sister City. It is our understanding he is in Japan as […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Well, well, well…just as we stated when we forced the meeting to be shut down, and were viciously verbally attacked for, the Illinois Attorney General has issued a […]
McLean Co. (ECWd) – What we know: Allin Township has not provided all the ordinances requested, and the attorney has failed to respond to my specific request for Ordinance 13-8 and applicable […]
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Although the City of Bloomington violated the law by failing to produce requested records within the timeline established by the Freedom of Information Act, they did finally produce […]
