WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - John Norton was arrested at 3:30 p.m. on August 15, 2019, at his home. According to the Wilmington Police Report, Norton spent some time in the Dollar General store calling a customer a "B*tch" several times. In the narrative, Norton had paid for his...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Selective wording in reporting is often done for the purpose of supporting a narrative being pushed for all kinds of different reasons. Reporting is not just done by media. For example, Algonquin Trustee Rachael Lawrence sent an email to the Highway Commissioner...
McHenry Twp. (ECWd) - McHenry Township is located in McHenry County and has been in the news lately for its vote to discontinue the township senior bus service. Recently, we have written about Wesley Township in Will County and their unlawful charges for use of the township...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Oops, I stepped in it, how on earth am I going to clean this up? Thomas Gooch III is the attorney representing former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller, and a recent motion made to the court is one of those "oops" that...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A now-former employee, Courtni Hays, of the Edgar County Health Department is alleged to have stolen or otherwise misappropriated funds from the health department. She has since resigned, the Edgar County Sheriff's Department has completed its investigation, and information forwarded to Edgar County...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District held a Special Meeting on May 1, 2019. During this special meeting, the district discussed items that were not listed on the agenda as discussion items. The Illinois Open Meetings Act mandates that only items listed on an agenda...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWD) - The Marshall, Illinois standoff which resulted in the arrest of (Charles) Tyler Livvix yesterday was the result of his failing to appear in court on a previous Felony charge of damage to government supported property. He was charged on July 18, 2019 for...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this afternoon, police attempted to arrest Tyler Livvix at his 14th street address in Marshall, IL. He refused to exit his home, which got the Marshall Police, Clark County Sheriff Dept, Illinois State Police, and the East Central Illinois Task Force involved,...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Algonquin Road District attorney Rob Hanlon filed an Amended Complaint against Charles Lutzow regarding his handling of Road District funds. It appears there are distinct differences in this amended complaint vs. the original complaint that was dismissed without prejudice. It now outlines the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - For months we recieved complaints that the Algonquin Township Clerk was never at the office. It appeared the McHenry County Blog was getting the same feedback, an assumption we took because of a request for records they made and were denied by...
