TOLEDO, IL. (ECWd) - Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Carr has been placed on Administrative Leave (with pay) pending the outcome of an investigation into messages he allegedly sent earlier this year. Those messages are quite disturbing to say the least, and include comments such as: "...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - What comes first, the chicken or the egg? In Algonquin Township that is a question they may want to answer. In June of 2018, we published this article which included legal billing for the Clerk. We reported then that the Township Board took action June...
WILL Co. (ECWd) - From the Will County Sheriff's Department Press Release: FETAL REMAINS DISCOVERED IN UNINCORPORATED WILL COUNTY On September 12, 2019 at approximately 3:30pm, the Will County Coroner’s Office received a telephone call from an attorney representing the family of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer who passed away...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) We reported on the Algonquin Township Road District Appeal hearing last week in this article. As we pointed out, the court confirmed there were first impression matters in the case however the ruling made was not one that establishes case law. The court...
WILL Co. (ECWd) - Tonight makes the fourth Township Officer to resign within a month. After tonight's Welsey Township meeting, Trustee Spinale tendered his resignation. Earlier this month the Township Supervisor, Clerk, and a Trustee resigned. https://youtu.be/TqJ3NmFGm3k . ...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Atwood, Illinois attempted to hold a meeting tonight, but there was a lack of quorum. The resignations of Village President Farrar, Trustee Farrar, and Trustee Danford were read aloud by the Village Attorney. A Trustee read a text message he received,...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_54134" align="alignleft" width="144"] Atwood Village President Farrar[/caption] Sometime in the past couple of months, the Atwood Village President had security cameras installed inside and outside the Atwood Police Department. At least one of the cameras recorded audio. Apparently, nobody was informed of the audio...
DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_54111" align="alignleft" width="117"] Gregg Zientara[/caption] During its August 14, 2019 meeting, Decatur Public Library board member Gregg Zientara (who is also the Treasurer of the City of Decatur) took exception to a resident videotaping the public meeting without notifying him it was...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township Road District appeal in the Local 150 case was heard by the 2nd District Appellate Court yesterday. The entire oral arguments can be heard at this link. [caption id="attachment_54101" align="alignleft" width="283"] Attorneys for Local 150 [/caption] We attended the hearing and...
DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - How do you know when a public board is completely disinterested in what you are saying? They show contempt towards the public during meetings by: Staring at their watch, and making it overly obvious, while waiting for the 3 minute public comment time...
