Sangamon County

16 Oct Rochester Fire Protection District meeting video

Posted at 10:38h in feature, John Archer, Rochester Fire Protection District, Sangamon County, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Sangamon (ECWd) - The Rochester Fire Protection District held their meeting this week, which was the first meeting after exposure of the violations of law covered by Channel 17 I-Team investigation and our article. It became clear there was an orchestrated effort to deflect from the real...

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15 Oct VIDEO: Darren Bailey and Consolidated Cases v. Gov. Pritzker Hearing In Sangamon County –

Posted at 12:09h in Darren Bailey, feature, Sangamon County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 25 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - A hearing on the consolidated lawsuits against Governor Pritzker was held yesterday, October 14, 2020 in Sangamon County.  This particular hearing heard arguments on the Governor's Motion to Vacate the Clay County Darren Baily favorable ruling based on a jurisdictional issue.  The Governor's...

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07 Oct UPDATE – Rochester Fire Protection District – One man’s $80,041.83 of self-dealing

Posted at 22:25h in feature, John Archer, Rochester Fire Protection District, Sangamon County, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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06 Aug Fox Run Restaurant Filed Suit Against Mayor Langfelder and City of Springfield –

Posted at 20:23h in Featured, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Fox Run Restaurant filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County Circuit Court today naming the City of Springfield and Mayor James Langfelder as defendants. The Complaint is against the city's "Emergency Ordinance(s)" and the Mayor's statutory authority to extend Executive Orders past 7 days...

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26 Jun Aaron Beck, former Springfield Mass Transit employee, charged with six felonies –

Posted at 12:31h in feature, Sangamon County, Sangamon County Mass Transit District, Uncategorized by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Former Springfield (Sangamon County) Mass Transit District facilities manager, Aaron Beck, charged with three felony counts of official misconduct and three felony counts of theft of government property. We wrote about his termination from the district in September 2019 (read it here). We know...

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07 Apr Federal Lawsuit filed against former Riverton Police Officers Peterson and Summerson

Posted at 08:23h in feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Riverton, IL. (ECWd) - On April 6, 2020, Steven Behl filed a Federal lawsuit naming the City of Riverton, and Police Officers Grant Peterson and Tricia Summerson (Langon), violated his civil rights by using excessive force, unreasonable seizure, and false arrest, arising out of an incident...

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21 Feb Riverton Police Officer Indicted for Aggravated Battery and Official Misconduct

Posted at 08:23h in feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Sangamon Co., IL. (ECWd) - According to a press release issued by the Sangamon County State's Attorney, *** Sangamon County State's Attorney Dan Wright announced today the indictment of Grant D. Peterson on the charges of Aggravated Battery and Official Misconduct. If convicted, Peterson faces up to 5...

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26 Dec AG Opinion validates every point we made re: Disqualification of Airport Authority Commissioners

Posted at 19:37h in DuPage County, DuPage County AIrport Authority, feature, McLean County, Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock Island County, Rock Island County, Sangamon County, Springfield Airport Authority, Vermilion County, Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Vermilion, DuPage, Rock Island, Sangamon, Henry, and Mclean Counties (ECWd) - Updated: 12-27-2019 @ 0910 hrs. to include Henry County and the Kewanee Airport Authority During 2017, 2018, and 2019, we were busy ousting disqualified Airport Authority Commissioners in six separate counties in Illinois. All but two counties...

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30 Sep Springfield (Sangamon) Mass Transit District’s Facilities Manager no longer employed –

Posted at 15:29h in feature, Sangamon County, Sangamon County Mass Transit District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - As of Sep 24, 2019, the Springfield Mass Transit District's Facilities Manager / Supervisor of Maintenance, Aaron Beck, is no longer employed at the District. This came in a notice posted throughout the District's offices (read it here). We understand Mr. Beck had worked...

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23 Aug Former Springfield School Board Vice-President indicted on two felony counts of theft –

Posted at 21:03h in feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, former Springfield School District Board Member and former Country Financial representative was indicted by Grand Jury on August 14, 2019 on two felony counts, a Class 3 and a Class 4. News Channel 20 indicates the allegations are that he stole...

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