David A. Love Executive Director, Witness to Innocence Gordon "Randy" Steidl is a survivor and a hero. He survived 17 years in the Illinois prison system, 12 on death row, for a crime he did not commit. That is something few of us can fathom. Now he is...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Updated Here: https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2013/11/explosive-devices-found-and-arson-suspected-at-edgar-county-airport/ It has been reported to us, and broadcast over scanners, that there was a fire at the Edgar County Airport last night that involved two airplanes. That is the extend to what we know at this time. I am headed out there...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on November 18, 2013, there was a fire at the Edgar County Airport that involved two airplanes and suspected arson. The two airplanes belonged to an individual from Terre Haute and were ones that RSB Aviation had used...
OAKWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - Early this morning, there was a wind turbine failure at the California Ridge Wind Farm just north of Oakwood, Illinois near the Newtown Middle School location. What we do know at this time is that blade debris was thrown an unknown distance from...
OAKWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - I contacted the Director of Communications at Invenergy this morning and asked them to comment on the Oakwood Turbine failure and their plan on lighting the warning lights during power outages. They responded by declining to comment on the warning light question and...
WYOMING COUNTY, N.Y. Gay's home in Varysburg is surrounded by wind turbines - 58 of them. The General Electric 1.6 megawatt turbines were recently installed by Invenergy at the Orangeville Wind Farm. Each individual blade is 160 feet long and weighs 20,000 pounds. (windaction.org) "My husband and...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Late last night, November 22, 2013, after working all day on loading, cutting, and securing the fire-bombed remains of the two airplanes at the Edgar County Airport in Paris, Illinois, a recovery crew from Wisconsin finally started moving the remaining pieces to...
U.K. (ECWd) - According to ClickGreen - GreenWeek Magazine's November 22, 2013 Issue, UK wind farms were put on alert after a series of turbine blade failures in the United States - We reported on one of those failures occuring last week in the California Ridge...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - Vermilion County Board November 12, 2013 Meeting Prior to the November meeting, the October meeting was reconvened for the purpose of approving the 2013/2014 budget and the Annual Tax levy. Without approval at this time, the county would be shut down. The budget was...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Early in the morning on October 29, 2013, I was driving past the airport road and decided to see if there were still items stored in the "Ag" buildings without any rent being paid. You might remember these articles: 1, 2, 3. To...
