Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

09 Jul HB3593 “Breuder Bill” Passes House and Senate (College of DuPage)

Posted at 11:15h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature, Governor, IL State Reps, Illinois Senate, State Board of Education by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The "Breuder Bill", HB3593, which limits severance pay at Illinois Community Colleges to no more than 12 months pay has passed the House with a 73-34 vote on concurrence with the Senate amendment. This was one of more than a dozen Bills introduced...

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08 Jul Watchdogs mentioned on Cities 92.9 with Ian Bayne –

Posted at 18:59h in Bloomington, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Ian Bayne on Cities 92.9 talked about a recent article of ours where we surveyed cities similar to Bloomington to compare public comment policies. . At about the 11:55 minute mark in the audio below: . ....

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07 Jul Death Row Stories, Season 2 Trailer (video) –

Posted at 17:30h in City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Date(s) and time(s) are in this previous article. Trailer from CNN:...

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07 Jul Death Row Stories: "Randy Steidl" – to broadcast in July…

Posted at 16:00h in City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Update: We just received a CNN update regarding the airtimes for Death Row Stories. Unlike previously reported, the series will not air across all time zones at 10pm but instead each episode will air on Sundays as follows:  10P and 1A ET,  9P and midnight CT,  8P and 11P Mountain,  7P and 10P Pacific.  All premiere dates remain...

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07 Jul Death Row Stories: “Randy Steidl” – to broadcast in July…

Posted at 16:00h in City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Update: We just received a CNN update regarding the airtimes for Death Row Stories. Unlike previously reported, the series will not air across all time zones at 10pm but instead each episode will air on Sundays as follows:  10P and 1A ET,  9P and midnight CT,  8P and 11P Mountain,  7P and 10P Pacific.  All premiere dates remain...

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07 Jul Bloomington – a survey of public comment policies –

Posted at 11:31h in Bloomington, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - I recently conducted a survey of cities similar in size to Bloomington, IL., including cities in Illinois with a population of between 58,000 and 108,000 residents. Bloomington has 76,610 according to the 2010 census, and falls in the middle range of this...

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05 Jul Tree vandals at Clark Co. Parks' – Mill Creek Park –

Posted at 20:24h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: the Park District Director ordered this tree surgery...

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05 Jul Tree vandals at Clark Co. Parks’ – Mill Creek Park –

Posted at 20:24h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: the Park District Director ordered this tree surgery...

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05 Jul Edgar Co. Sheriff looking for burglary and arson suspect –

Posted at 19:10h in Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update 7-5-2015, 10:04 p.m.: Photo at bottom of this page. A short 3 second video of the suspect walking into the house is located at WTHI News (HERE) ----------------------- Paris Beacon News posted on about this on their Facebook page with a picture (HERE) ----------------------- From WTWO's...

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05 Jul Arson in rural Edgar County late July 4th

Posted at 15:35h in Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - There was a suspected case of arson late last night that happened around 10:30 p.m. The scanner from last night indicated the entire second story was fully engulfed when the Fire Department arrived. Participating were the Oliver, Paris, and Marshal Fire Departments. According to...

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