CENTRALIA, IL (ECWd) - On December 6, 2013, the City of Centralia, IL terminated the employment of the Recreation Department Director, Mr. Robert "Spanky" Smith. Mr. Smith had been employed with the city since March 29, 2001 with a final salary of $48,935.00 per year. Information obtained...
EFFINGHAM, IL (ECWd) – PRESS RELEASE, December 26, 2013. Due to recent events and concerns, the Effingham County Board has elected to hire the “West and Company” accounting firm to engage in agreed upon procedures for a “specific” audit of the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office. The Board’s...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A Christmas morning house fire in rural Paris, Illinois called out firemen from Paris, Vermilion, and Oliver Fire Departments. Edgar County 911 was notified via cell phone at approximately 4:15 this morning of a house fire. By the time firemen arrived on...
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) - Fixing an emergency repair to the Village of Metcalf's water delivery system was a top priority for B&T Drainage out of Marshall, IL. this morning. A hit-and-run on a village fire hydrant last Saturday night left the village without water. They held an...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - It has recently come to our attention that the Mayor of Bloomington, IL., Tari Renner, has a problem with people speaking the truth and people insisting the Open Meetings Act be followed. If there was nothing to the alleged violations, why is...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - December 22, 2013 was declared Brett Eldredge Day in Illinois and in Paris, IL. thru proclamations signed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Paris Mayor S. Craig Smith. A celebration was held at the Paris Cooperative High School this afternoon to celebrate this...
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Metcalf held an emergency trustee meeting this morning to discuss the hit and run that damaged a village fire hydrant last night. This caused low water pressure and a boil order issued for the village residents. Details that are known at this...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held a special meeting on December 19, 2013 with only one item on the agenda. That was to authorize their attorney to enter into a settlement negotiations in the case of Budd v. Edgar County. This was the person that...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The December 11, 2013 Edgar County Board Meeting video is below. This is the meeting where Jimmy Wells' "resignation" was accepted and also the same meeting where the Edgar County Watchdogs revealed to the board yet another secret bank account dealing with...
SULLIVAN, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that "further inquiry is warranted" in the request for review (complaint) I filed alleging denial of a public records request. Following an August DeWitt County Board Meeting where there was an obvious issue with a...
