POPLAR GROVE, IL. (ECWd) - Update: Owen Costanza responded to this article: (Read it here) Mayoral Candidate’s Run-in with Insurance Licenses In Three States: Fined $31,500 When a candidate, any candidate, touts their public service and their honesty, without revealing the truth in their past dealings with state...
ILLINOIS, IL. (ECWd) - A Bill introduced by Illinois State Representative Curtis J. Tarver, II, would make all State Representatives and State Senators Conservators of the Peace: HB0724 - Synopsis As Introduced Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides requirements for members of the General Assembly to be...
Bolingbrook (DuPage Township), IL. (ECWd) - Edit for clarity from a commenter: "Allegra Marketing-Print-Mail of ROMEOVILLE is NOT ‘Allegra Publishing’ and is an INDIVIDUALLY OWNED FRANCHISE. They are also not affiliated with any of the other Allegra printing operations in the area. I ask that you...
Clermont, FL. (ECWd) - A "reporter" with a new company from Clermont, Florida has taken offense to an Illinois Township Trustee's [Benford] publication of a letter written in response to a letter received by DuPage Township. We covered both letters: the one threatening to sue the township...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday afternoon, the Fourth District Appellate Court issued its decision to overturn the Circuit Court in the Brotze v Carlinville lawsuit, where Carlinville's decision to start a private company, with another private company and another public body, in order to contract with...
Avon Township, IL. (ECWd) - Terre Wilke, has stooped to a new low in negative campaigning. He recently opened up a website using the Township's name, without telling his readers it is not an official government website and is using that website to: falsely accuse candidates of...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - Former Marshall, Illinois Mayor Camie Sanders was quoted in the newspaper as advocating sanctioning and disciplining of council members who speak out about closed session discussions. This was directed at Mr. LeFever, who sent us a letter to publish several weeks ago about...
Pontiac, IL. (ECWd) - Another Corrections Officer at the Illinois Department of Corrections, Pontiac Correctional Center was arrested. We previously reported on the five Pontiac officers arrested and charged with felonies in McLean County (here). Pontiac Police Corporal Alan Doran arrested Andrew Krominga, a 5+ year D.O.C. employee...
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) - We previously published an article, including a letter, written to the DuPage Township Supervisor Felix George, by former Supervisor Bill Mayer in which he is trying to get the township board to rescind an action taken in 2019 to issue a corrected...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - A multi-count lawsuit was filed today in Coles County by Charles Lee Stodden's attorney, Thomas DeVore. The lawsuit is seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the County Board's hiring of a private contractor to perform commercial assessments and for providing compensation of health insurance...
