REDMON, IL. (ECWd) - We attended the Redmon trustee meeting tonight to figure out why Mayor Jim Cooper still insists he is the Mayor of that village. According to what he told the Paris Beacon News, he moved into his new home at 11396 Blackhawk Drive,...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - In a follow-up to this previous article, we received responses to our FOIA requests seeking information on the costs associated with the shoddy work performed in an attempt at connecting the Nursing Home sewage system into the City of Tilton system. We do...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Following an alleged arson involving multiple airplanes at the Edgar County Airport, located in Paris, Illinois, the Illinois State Police have begun their investigation of the incident. If anyone has any information, please report it to them or the Edgar County Sheriff's Office...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It looks like our local public construction jobs are still in full swing. It won't last too long since it will start turning colder later this week. During coffee this morning, I noticed a boat-load of ready-mix trucks heading north out ot town...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During a special Vermilion County Board meeting on November 20, 2013, the board voted and approved another no-bid contract. This one dealing with FIDLAR, a document scanning service for property records. It was for around $160,000.00. Once again, the board is claiming...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On November 12, 2013, I attended a regularly scheduled Vermilion County Board meeting. During public session, the chairman invited all interested parties who wanted to talk about things other than wind farm issues to speak. I informed him that I had things...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In our first two articles in this series on potential grant application fraud, we discussed "inaccurate" fuel sales numbers and "inaccurate" statements on the size of tank used for Jet A fuel. This article discusses the term "based aircraft" and the numbers...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - "The Edgar County Airport can no longer keep up with Jet A fuel demands of its based aircraft. The based users regularly use all Jet A in the existing 1,000 gallon tank and are forced to purchase fuel elsewhere." That is the next...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - As reported in the North American Windpower Magazine: GE has begun investigating another blade break involving its 1.6-100 turbine and 48.7-meter blade, this time at Invenergy's California Ridge wind farm in Illinois. In addition, reports of other recent GE blade failures have surfaced,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - “The Edgar County Airport is receiving close to $1,000,000.00 for new construction!” That was the statement (or close to it) of the airport board and the airport manager earlier this year. It kind of made us wonder why the federal government would take...
