A few weeks ago, we were informed by Mayor Smith that the city lawyer would contact us to show their basis for limiting the number of refuse hauling permits in the city. We have never disputed the fact that municipalities are authorized to contract with an...
I promised an update when information was gathered, so here goes: Apparently this property owner is alleging that Deputy Burgin has been harassing him, harassing customer of his, insulting his customers, entering non-public areas of his business without permission, trespassing and being obnoxious to the point...
A member of the Revolving Loan Fund Board tendered his resignation as a direct result of the anti-business policy put forth in the "alleged by us" illegal (we will state our case in a few days) refuse ordinance limiting the number of licensed haulers in the...
Video is below, our comments are below the video: The first action was to remove the requirement to state your address during the public comment period. I commented on the fact that they should not pay a $3000 per month rent payment when the rental agreement is...
Video is below, we will comment on this at a later time, feel free to leave your own comments: ...
As a "disclaimer", I have absolutely no reason to believe this post has anything to do with my recent local barn fire video. With that said, here is an urgent report from the State Fire Marshall's Office (Edgar County is in MABAS26): "I received a call from...
From the Tribune-Star: WEST TERRE HAUTE — A West Terre Haute police officer is facing allegations of 6 counts of felony theft...
At approximately 2:30 this afternoon a fire started in the barn located north of Paris. Video here: ...
A couple articles from around the state that have references to Edgar County. From DarienPatch (Please read the comments on the site below the story): "While recounting the story he tells in his book, Too Politically Sensitive, Callahan called on the audience to take action against government corruption". Taken...
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has finalized it's report on the stolen dogs from a few months ago. It is clear from this report that: - Mel Elston knew where the dogs were taken. - Mel Elston failed to get the dog scanned for a chip; funny that...
