NAPERVILLE. IL. (ECWd) - From the Daily-Herald: The authors of a government watchdog website called Illinois Leaks are challenging the eligibility of two Naperville City Council members to serve on the council based on utility bill debts uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request. According to documents...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - The quo warranto case of "People of the State of Illinois vs. Beverly Church", challenging her right to serve as Alderman of the City of Marshall was heard in Court today. Motion to Dismiss the Motion to Add Warren LeFever as Additional Plaintiff...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - More information has surfaced that seems to prove more lies were told by Mr. Jerry Griffin as to the timing of the most recent plane crash at the Edgar County Airport. Griffin is quoted as saying the crash happened in June of...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We recently reported the RIDES Mass Transit District had purchased the former Ford dealership building in Paris, Illinois to use as its Edgar County office and maintenance shop (article here). The purchase price was around $635,000. Since we have coincidentally been reporting on...
ORLAND PARK - From "Rebel Pundit": A suburban Chicago mother and political writer faced retaliation when she discovered the cover-up of sex crimes at her local public library. On October 3, 2013, Megan Fox was in the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) in suburban Chicago when she spotted...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - When writing about a particular subject, a journalist should disclose conflicts. This means that when one writes about something, and about a public body in particular, they should disclose any relationships existing that might be perceived as having an influence on the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We have received information from multiple credible sources that state there was an airplane crash at the Edgar County Airport sometime during the late June to early July time-frame of this year, or Aug-Oct depending on who you talk to - and...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - “To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox When we first reported on Dr. John Wheatley (here) and the fact that he had been arrested, charged, and convicted of criminal sexual abuse and battery...
PAXTON, IL. (ECWd) - From the Paxton-Record: Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:04am | Will Brumleve PBL, township official arrested for two felonies PAXTON — A longtime Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board member and Button Township supervisor has been arrested on allegations he did not disclose his financial relationship with businesses hired to...
Lariat Advance: That is a term not too many young folks will know now-days. I learned that word on my first three year tour in West Germany in the mid 1980s. I spent three years there, expecting the "commies" to come rushing across the border at...
