MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning rebuke of the "lame-duck" Lewis and Clark Community College's Board of Trustees attempt at extending President Dale Chapman's contract by three years, the new Board of Trustees, at its first meeting, declared all contracts approved at the previous...
Niantic, IL. (ECWd) - Doug Wolfe, I TEAM reporter at WAND-TV, received tips about a police car frequenting places in Decatur, Illinois. The car was not marked with anything indicating where it was from, but did have police lights and municipal license plates. Our government vehicle license plate...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, a member of the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board, and also a part-time Deputy Sheriff with the Edgar County Sheriff's Department, is ineligible to serve on the ETS Board because of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff. During this morning's...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - Adding to the already lengthy list of lawsuits, and adding to the already lengthy list of public records denials, we sued Algonquin Township again for another allegation of a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") violation. At some point these township officials will learn...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - We have been talking to the Coles County Board during public comment time at the board meetings for well over a year. One of the subjects of discussion is county board member participation in the county's health insurance plan. We received nothing but...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Nothing much to say about this except it appears certain public officials believe they are entitled to violate parking laws while in Springfield. The "No Parking Tow Away Zone" is clearly marked, as is the "Bike Lane." If you spot a government vehicle doing...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - In an effort to dispel election season lies, in particular, the one told about no investigations going on and it was nonsense to think any federal agency would be interested in a sleepy little old town like Atlanta, Illinois...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The former Citizens National Bank (now Dimond Bros Insurance) on the south side of the Courthouse square in Paris, Illinois has some apparent problems on its West side. Paris City Code Enforcement Officer, Jamie Littleton, closed the alley between Dimond Bros Insurance and...
Kansas, IL. (ECWd) - At approximately 2:45 am on Monday, April 29, 2019, the Kansas Fire Protection District responded to a building fire next to the TGM grain elevator.  The building was a past fertilizer storage barn converted to farm storage. It was fully involved in...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this month, Jason Ball was arrested and charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender and pleaded not guilty in Edgar County Circuit Court. Jason Ball is a former jailer for the Edgar County Sheriff's Department and convicted sex...
