Barry Wolfe, former AAU girls basketball coach pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minors –

26 Jun Barry Wolfe, former AAU girls basketball coach pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minors –

Posted at 21:24h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature, Mattoon by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - Defendant Barry Wolfe appeared in Coles County Court today for a hearing and entered a Guilty Plea to 4 counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He plead guilty to the following: 2017CF420, Count 9 - Criminal Sexual Assault / force, Class...

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26 Jun McLean Co. YWCA Director and candidate for Bloomington City Council issues profanity laden threat –

Posted at 20:54h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently, this candidate for public office is still living the fantasy life of a child, thinking she can simply issue threats and no one is going to pay attention.  We are paying attention and threats like this from political candiates need called...

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25 Jun VIDEO: Reporter, writer, teacher, wife of Judge shows complete contempt for law enforcement during traffic stop –

Posted at 21:40h in feature, McLean County, Normal by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Bloomington-Normal, Illinois - (ECWd) - Watch this disgusting display as Judith (Judy) Valente was stopped by the Illinois State University Police on March 28, 2018 for driving on an expired license plate. The plate had been expired since December 2017. She was allegedly on her way...

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25 Jun UPDATE: Chatham Trustee Ryan Mann spearheads spending $27k for meeting videos, gets horrible results –

Posted at 19:40h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 7 Comments

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CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: After more than 10 weeks, hoping the audio problems would have been worked out by now, the audio for the June 12, 2018 meeting is still horrendous and at times barely audible (start at about the 38:40 and listen for a...

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25 Jun Did Jim Kelly bill Algonquin Township Road District 5.5 hrs for attending Bob Miller’s private business meeting with Highway Commissioners?

Posted at 08:00h in Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Last week we exposed former Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner Bob Miller as a walking conflict of interest in this article. Also in that article was the exposure of James Kelly's law firm being the agent of record for the private corporation that Bob...

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22 Jun Algonquin Township Road District – Former Highway Commissioner Bob Miller – A walking conflict of interest.

Posted at 11:13h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Just about the time you think you have seen it all, up jumps another rat hole to run down. The digging into this rat hole started with this article. How many people are familiar with the Northern Illinois Township Highway Commissioners Association? Don't...

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21 Jun Algonquin Township Road District – Unionization had nothing to do with Rabine Group – Ed Komenda missed the facts, Editors failed the public.

Posted at 22:28h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 20 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - One of the primary issues that created all the legal turmoil for the Algonquin Road District was the secret unionization of the Road District prior to Bob Miller's departure as Highway Commissioner. Ed Komenda with the Northwest Herald claimed this unionization was because: "The...

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19 Jun Algonquin Township Road District – Bob Miller awards 667 sick days to three employees- Parting gift?

Posted at 19:17h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Does anyone know what triggered an audit of sick days in the year 2000? A Freedom of Information Act request for all such audits done in 1999 and 2000 was submitted on June 7, 2018, and to date, it has been ignored. Why would...

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19 Jun Bill Ingram to resign from Catlin Planning Commission, remain on Vermilion Co. Airport Authority –

Posted at 10:05h in feature, Vermilion County, Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During their monthly meeting this morning, the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners met in open session. During public comment time, I informed the board of their requirement to follow state law in regards to qualifications of office of commissioners. "No person...

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18 Jun Clark-Edgar Rural Water District tables payment to Trustees –

Posted at 21:16h in CERWD, Clark County, Clark Edgar Water District, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - During tonight's Clark-Edgar Rural Water District ("CERWD") Board of Trustees meeting, I reminded the Board that increasing their compensation during their terms of office was a violation of law and the constitution. I also informed the Board that the preferable action was...

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