McHenry Co. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_49639" align="alignleft" width="115"] Ed Komenda photo from Muckrack[/caption] A recent publication by the Northwest Herald reporter Ed Komenda appears to be not only another anti-attorney Hanlon hit piece, but a clear misrepresentation of the facts, to include flat-out false statements. False Statement: Hanlon and...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Paris Family Restaurant, on Illinois Highway 1 south of Paris, caught fire this evening, January 5, 2019, and the Paris Fire Department, Paris Police Department and the Edgar County Special Service Area Ambulance are currently on site. Video clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyv8-fzGp0o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOumPkpn4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWBVBks7mfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxViBueurM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7I_U93XtGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ziOJkrI_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZUn8R6KS5I . ...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Maripat Oliver, a current trustee for DuPage Township and candidate running for the Village of Bolingbrook trustee, has filed petition objections in the Village of Bolingbrook against "First Party of Bolingbrook" candidates.  However certain claims she made in a published article are...
Belleville, IL. (ECWd) - Alorton Mayor Jo Ann Reed made an appearance at the Hearing scheduled today on her charges related to vote buying, disregard election code, official misconduct (forbidden act) two counts, official misconduct (obtain a personal advantage) one count, and possession and use of...
LINCOLN, IL. (ECWd) - In what we believe is the first ever Electoral Board held in Logan County, 4 of the 6 objected candidates met in the Logan County Courthouse for a Hearing with the Logan County Electoral Board to consider election petition objections against them...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - In October we received numerous files from the LaSalle Police Department related to their violation of the Freedom of Information Act as determined by the AG PAC office. We wrote about that determination in this article. Of special interest is the position of the Police...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - A recent filing by Rob Hanlon, the attorney for Algonquin Township Road District appears to have outlined a litany of facts that should be very problematic for Bob Miller. Of particular interest is the Road District trying to recover the sick pay Miller...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Northwest Herald reports that Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser is being investigated for Official Misconduct (OM), related to the purchase of salt. They reported records are being requested beginning from Gasser’s first day in office. A recent salt delivery appears to...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - This morning's Cahokia Electoral Board Hearing (meeting) was canceled because the board never posted a meeting agenda as required under the Open Meetings Act. In the video below, you can see the village attorney, Mark Scoggins, explaining the meeting would start at 9:30....
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Shelby Township, the underlying reason for HB1896, just completed printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and mailing out those rebate checks to its approximately 2800 property parcel owners. The total amount rebated by the Township was $735,461.94. This is an average of $262.66 per property parcel. State...
