NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 Bond Set for Four of Seven Charged with Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise Involving U.S. Postal Service Two of accused were active U.S. Postal Carriers DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Naperville Interim Chief of Police Jason Arres and Special Agent-in-Charge...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is Reporting the First Human Case of Rabies in Illinois Since 1954 Be aware of bats that could be in your home SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first human case of rabies...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - In the past several weeks, school districts in Illinois have been notified to expect a shortage of food deliveries, and at least one school district was told the food supply company was canceling the remainder of their contract due to a shortage of...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Margaret Croke file HB4156 today, which would make firearms manufacturers and dealers (including people who legally sell firearms) financially responsible for injuries or deaths which results from the unlawful discharge of a firearm in the State. Synopsis As Introduced: Creates the...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - While attempting to figure out the costs of the network hack from April 2021 (here is our initial report) on the Illinois Attorney General's computers and servers, we requested meeting minutes of the open public meetings, only to find them either redacted...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - United States Attorney’s Office Central District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 22, 2021 Former Kankakee Wastewater Utilities Officer Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison and Twenty-Four Months’ Home Confinement for $2 Million Fraud URBANA, Ill. – Richard G. Simms, 74, currently of Marietta, Ohio,...
Sanford, FL. (ECWd) - When our sister organization published its intention of conducting a four-hour watchdog training session in Sanford, Florida, a disgruntled self-proclaimed "reporter" wrote to the Mayor of Sanford, Florida, and lied about us in what appears to be an attempt at getting the...
Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - Windsor School Superintendent Erik Van Hoveln recently rejected the objections to "vaccination and testing" letters he received from school employees. We believe he is wrong, as explained below. In his rejection letter, Van Hoveln claims the following, among other claims: Because the Executive...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - Paris Fire Protection District responded to a field fire early this afternoon. The fire was just east of Route 1, on 300 N road in Edgar County. Video clips: ...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - High five to the Illinois Municipal League for allowing us to once again present “Who Let the (Watch)Dogs Out?” with the Edgar County Watchdogs and Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, Partner, Ancel Glink, at the IML’s 2021 Annual Conference. It was helpful to address the many...
