Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Former appointed Road Commissioner, John Norton, filed a "lawsuit" in Will County seeking at least $1,000,000.00 from each of the eight named Defendants. The entire lawsuit appears to be filed under the guise of the "Citizens Participation Act" ("CPA") since he did include...
Will Co. (ECWd) - In every local government investigation, there is the initial Freedom of Information Requests that begins the process. Joliet Township was no different. Those requests were based on several factors, many of which we already knew the answer but needed the actual public...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We began our investigation into Joliet Township in early October. The first exposure as a result of our investigation was covered by CBS News reporter Megan Hickey in this story. This is going to be the first of numerous articles we will...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Judge Garst presided over a Hearing this morning where Stacy Adams entered a negotiated Guilty plea to DUI. She was sentenced to: 18 months conditional discharge $750.00 fine $1381.00 Schedule 6 assessment 75 hours of counseling (already completed) This comes as a result of...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - CBS2 Investigator Megan Hickey exposes Joliet Township problems. "Three Joliet Township workers said they were forced to do landscaping work on the township supervisor's home. He didn't answer questions about making the public employees work on his private property. CBS 2 Investigator Megan...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - During today's Edgar County Board Meeting, the public was notified that the Edgar County Jail is effectively closing at the end of the month. Citing the lack of any insurance coverage, the Edgar County Sheriff's Department will no long be able to house...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - I met Diane Benjamin on a cold, windy morning, in front of Bloomington-Normal's Mass Transit, Connect Transit, to discuss its massive financial losses each month - all paid for by the taxpayer. According to public records obtained by Diane, Connect Transit loses more...
DuPage CO. (ECWd) - During its October 22, 2019 board meeting, the DuPage County Board approved $1,359,172.00 worth of no-bid Insurance contracts (see pages 3 and 4) with Alliant/Mesirow, the company where Illinois House Speaker Madigan's son, Andrew Madigan, is an Executive. We believe, as does the...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Will County Judge Harvey ordered John Norton to stay 1,000 feet away from a Wilmington resident in a no stalking/no contact case. We have been told that Norton has violated the 1000 foot restriction and that the local police failed to enforce...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - An Edgar County Jury returned Guilty verdict on two counts against Justin Heffner on October 30, 2019. Hefner was found guilty of false personation of a peace officer (Class 4 Felony) and false personation of peace officer Class 3 Felony). See Sections 17-2(b)(3)...
