Will Co. (ECWd) - Earlier, we confirmed the FBI had taken over the Bolingbrook Police Department's investigation of alleged criminal activity by former DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer and published this article on that fact in September. As we stated in that article, the Federal authorities...
Danville, IL. (ECWd) - The Danville, Illinois Police Department violated the Freedom of Information Act by improperly withholding certain arrest records, and the Illinois Attorney General ordered them to produce the requested records or appeal the decision to the courts. According to the Attorney General's Binding Opinion...
Bradley, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Bradley Board voted to terminate the employment of its Village Administrator, Cathrine Wojnarowski, during the board meeting last night. It was a unanimous vote to terminate her employment after an executive session. She has been on paid leave since Sep 10,...
Olney, IL. (ECWd) - A vehicle allegedly operated by Michael W. Mattox, 60-year-old male of Dundas, IL, while under the influence and without a valid drivers license, ran off the roadway and mowed two female customers down as they were standing on the patio of the...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The DuPage Township Supervisor and two trustees, Oliver and Burgess, approved the township tax levy over the objections of two other trustees, Benford and Raga during the last board meeting (video here). Benford went into great detail, to include providing a PowerPoint...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - A new filing for a preliminary injunction as part of a civil right lawsuit in Federal Court has asked the court to close the Edgar County Jail until such time that it meets minimum state, constitutional and insurance requirements. Other items requested in...
United States (ECWd) - Hearing all the claims of wasteful spending in the so called COVID 19 Relief bill recently passed by the House and Senate, we felt it our duty to provide an actual copy of the bill so that everyone can go straight to...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - We have written about this several times over the past few years, but we always find another one. We call on the Joliet Park District Board of Commissioners to immediately amend its Board Manual to eliminate ALL "Commissioner Privileges", as any alleged privileges...
United States (ECWd) - We are posting this without comment so those interested may read it on their own. HERE or below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf"] ...
United States (ECWd) - President Trump has filed a Writ of Certiorari with the US Supreme Court in relation to the multiple rulings by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the elimination of statutory requirements regarding signature verification, the right of campaigns to challenge invalid mail ballots,...
