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...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - After an accident involving an alleged DUI, we can now confirm that Stacey Adams, Kansas, Il., was cited for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class A Misdemeanor), Posted a Bond of $100, her Driver's License, and has a first appearance in...
HANOVER TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - While reviewing Hanover Township's expense reports, we noticed that the township had recently started using General Assistance funds to pay for its food pantry, instead of the Town Fund where it should be coming from. Previous years do not show this, as it...
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Pinckneyville Press: COUNTY DECLARES STATE OF FINANCIAL EMERGENCY During a special meeting tonight at the Perry County Government Building, the Perry County Board of Commissioners signed a resolution declaring a state of financial emergency in the county. The resolution is below (or...
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - On June 29, 2018, Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik made a report of theft with the McHenry County Sheriff's Department alleging theft of public records and the report names "Edgar Watch Blog" as a suspect. Being named as a suspect in the...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - We are please to announce the April 27, 2019 Watchdog Training session will be held in Kankakee, Illinois, at the Hilton Garden Inn, from 8 am until Noon. This is a Free event and although not required, we ask that you signup at...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - In a Press Conference today at the Union League Club, where it was announced by the attorney for the "Nigerian Brothers" that Alabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo were filing a federal lawsuit naming Jussie Smollett's attorneys, Mark Geragos, TIna Glandian, and the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_51710" align="alignnone" width="221"] Stacey Adams' mugshot 4-17-2019[/caption] On April 17, 2019 at approximately 2 p.m., there was a vehicular accident involving Edgar County Sheriff Deputy Adam Rhoads, who was responding to a call and traveling west on Highway 16, and Stacey Adams,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In a 4-3 vote at this morning's Special County Board meeting, the Edgar County Board voted to award the Special Service Area Ambulance contract to Horizon Health (Paris Hospital). A note of interest is the fact the Special Meeting held today was...
