Pecatonica, IL. (ECWd) - As I predicted during the January 2020 Pecatonica Township meeting, all charges against Rogene Hamilton, who was arrested for attending the township public meeting, were dismissed on Motion by the State. The majority of the Trustees in Pecatonica Township has spent the past...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham has introduced a new gas tax bill in the Senate. Senate Bill 2978, filed on February 4, 2020, seeks to permit all municipalities to impose a new municipal motor fuel tax (gas tax) in one-cent increments, not to...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - After our previous article on the City of Mattoon's alleged illegal appointment of an employee of the Mattoon School District to a vacant Coles County Airport Authority Commissioner's seat, I sent an email to the Mayor and the city attorney pointing them...
Wesley Township (ECWd) - We have taken notice, over a series of different court cases and hearings, that the former appointed Wesley Township Road Commissioner, John Norton, may have problems telling the truth in court, and in signed documents. First, he has no income, then his boss...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - According to the search warrant obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, the Illinois State Police justified a search warrant referencing Jack Franks by stating that "probable cause exists for the crimes of criminal sexual abuse, criminal sexual assault, official misconduct, stalking and aggravated...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - At approximately 4 p.m. on January 30, 2020, a two-vehicle accident happened on Illinois Route 1 at the north end of Oliver, IL. There were minor injuries transported to the Paris Hospital. Traffic was backed up for approximately 45 minutes but is now moving...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Courtni Hays appeared in Edgar County Circuit Court today and entered into a negotiated plea on the charges of theft from the Edgar County Health Department where she was previously employed. According to the court docket: The case will be suspended after 24...
Chrisman, IL. (ECWd) - Congratulations Village of Metcalf taxpayers - the equivalent of all of your payments to NECAS during the past 5 years went towards paying Christmas bonuses! Metcalf's entire financial support (the 2015 payments were the same as the 2016 payments) to the Northern Edgar...
Chrisman, IL. (ECWd) - The Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service (NECAS) is on the edge of insolvency. They have been telling us as much for the past year or so. There is a Referendum on the ballot to establish a Northern Edgar County Special Service Area for the...
