SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Nothing much to say about this except it appears certain public officials believe they are entitled to violate parking laws while in Springfield. The "No Parking Tow Away Zone" is clearly marked, as is the "Bike Lane." If you spot a government vehicle doing...
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....
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Springfield School Board Member and former Country Financial representative, Adam Lopez, has been arrested by the Sangamon County Sheriff's Department. His bond was set at $1.5 million. According to information on the Circuit Clerk's webpage, Lopez is being charged with 5 felony counts involving...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez was apparently more than 3 months past due on rent payments for his office in Springfield. A lawsuit was filed at the end of September, 2018, seeking a Court Order to obtain entry into the rented space and to essentially evict...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, a former Country Companies Financial Agent and current Vice President of School District 186 is facing a litany of problems to include multiple civil suits and now an FBI investigation into his actions as a financial agent. One of the recent lawsuits...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - After reviewing the purchase agreements for electronic signage bearing School Board Member Adam Lopez' name and business entity, and all available Springfield School District 186 purchase/procurement policies, everything points to the school district's former athletic director and assistant principal, Brian Caton, approving...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, Springfield School District 186 Board Member: was recently terminated as a Country Financial agent, is currently under Springfield Police Department investigations of at least $615,000 missing from a family member's investment account since 2015. According to FOX 55, the money...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We have been sitting on this article for several months waiting on some issues to surface, which included communications with certain officials, and since the story broke on Lopez' termination from Country Financial, and the subsequent Springfield Police Department investigation into financial...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We just received notice that Dr. Eric Hansen resigned his appointment to the Springfield Airport Authority on July 17, 2018. We have previously written about his disqualification from serving in that appointed position. In his letter, he states he is resigning due to "pressure...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: After more than 10 weeks, hoping the audio problems would have been worked out by now, the audio for the June 12, 2018 meeting is still horrendous and at times barely audible (start at about the 38:40 and listen for a...
