Thornton Township (ECWd) - People should be able to trust that those operating vehicles displaying Municipal Police license plates and police equipment such as the lights used to pull people over, that there are legitimate law enforcement officers behind the wheel. Fake police cars further erode...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Wesley Township has been fighting a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit since 2019 in which the former clerk admitted she was not going to provide the requested records in her Affidavit. During the hearing for a Summary Judgement yesterday, the attorneys went back...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - While the City of Shelbyville did the right thing during their last meeting and did not implement the proposed standard of care document which basically eliminated any competition to Abbot Ambulance, the RFP issued does exactly that. During the meeting, the city council,...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Owen Costanza is the former Mayor of Poplar Grove, Illinois, a former Precinct Committeeman and former Boone County Republican Party Chairman. He was voted out of both offices at their most recent elections. After losing the mayoral election, Costanza decided it might be...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Paris, Illinois had two structure fires overnight within blocks of each other. One in the 800 block of Maple Street, the other on Browning Street, just off of Maple. The first fire on Browning (click for google photo) was a house and it was...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Just a friendly reminder out there to local governments and public officials: The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has all of its Binding Opinions since 2010 listed on its new website in separate documents for the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") and the...
Marshall, IL. (ECWd) - A garage/house fire started a few minutes ago in Marshall, Illinois. We will update as more information becomes available. This is about one block off of Highway 1. Photo submitted by a passerby. ...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - Nine alleged members of the Executive Committee of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County have been sued by a Delegate and Alternate to the Veterans Assistance Commission. Plaintiffs have both been selected and appointed as members of the Veterans Assistance Commission...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings resigned from his role on the Illinois Senate Democrat Leadership Caucus on August 12, 2022. Senate President Don Harmon accepted his resignation effective immediately. In a letter dated August 12, 2022, to Secretary of the Senate Tim Anderson, Senate...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - In 2019, Illinois State Senator Michael Hastings and the Illinois State Senate were sued by Cassandra Matz, who was Hastings' former Chief of Staff (See Chicago Tribune article). The Cook County Case Number was: 2019-L-6369 and alleged she was paid less than her predecessor...
