Collison, IL. (ECWd) - One of our readers, Ted Hartke, provided us with the following: Report of wind turbine transformer (at the turbine's base) on fire at 5:44 PM, Thursday, Jan 16, 2020, in the InvEnergy project located southwest of Collison Illinois. The fire department arrived shortly after...
Frankfort, IL. (ECWd) - Alexander "Alex" Petrakis, Associate Principal at Lincoln-Way East High School, was arrested and charged with DUI on November 23, 2019 in Lockport, Illinois. When I called him at work yesterday and asked if the information found on Will County's Court website was him,...
Joliet Township (ECWd) - As you listen to this recording of the Joliet Township Board of Trustees Executive (Closed) Session of the June 11, 2019 meeting, remember these things: Road District employees are not Township employees and cannot be discussed in the Township Board closed session ...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During our first visit to the Shelby County Board meeting, we expressed our opinion to the board about their hiring of a private attorney. An action we consider to be in direct violation of the law. I quoted from case law on...
Vermilion County, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners violated the Open Meetings Act on June 19, 2018 when it failed to give proper notice to the public of an item voted...
U.S. (ECWd) - SCOTUS is hearing a major public corruption case, aka "Bridgegate" on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 which could impact future public corruptions cases nationwide, including those in Illinois. This case appears to center around a public official's concealment of a political act (a stated public...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We attended the Shelby County Board meeting this week after several requests from concerned citizens and several elected officials. In our brief inquiry into a few things, it became clear there were several concerns that needed to be addressed. Below you can see...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The former Lincoln-Way District 210 Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie has recieved yet another continuance to his criminal prosecution. We outlined the charges in the indictment in this article. in September of 2017. In October of 2018, Wyllie filed a motion for leave to file...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We reported on an Affidavit which was provided to us in this article. We urge everyone to read the article because comments made by Trustee Maripat Oliver during last night's meeting refer to it, however, she does so in a fashion that...
Vermilion, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Sheriff's Department served a warrant on former Vermilion (Paris Fire Protection District) Fireman Dale Colter, who was arrested at 8:40 a.m. on January 6, 2020, and charged with Felony Theft of between $10k and $100k. According to Court records, it...
