EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - On May 22, 2013, Chandra Smith, former bookkeeper at the  Edgar County Health Department, plead guilty of amended Class 1 Felony Theft Charges. We previously reported in these articles about the situation when she was officially charged in mid-Oct of 2011. From Judici: Deft enters a plea of guilty...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Sentencing day finally arrived for Anita Rhodes, who plead guilty on October 4 , 2012 to Aggravated Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol - a Class 2 Felony, which resulted in the deaths of 2 individuals in an incident that happened on the...
 Your Call to Action- Did the Quinn Administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? by administrator | Tuesday May 28, 2013 1:06 pm YOUR CALL TO ACTION Did the Quinn administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? Is the administration now engaged...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - This is an update from this article published on Sep 21, 2012. I spoke with the attorney from the Illinois Attorney General's office this week about the FOIA request for review I submitted after Crestwood School denied my request for security camera video from...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Illinois Supreme Court, on May 23, 2013, filed the opinion on former Edgar County State's Attorney Michael McFatridge v Lisa Madigan. This case involved McFatridge, and whether the taxpayers were responsible for his litigation expenses after being sued in the course...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Some may remember just last month in this article where Chris Patrick determined my use of a certain word was out of line. Now we fast forward to today, when he used that same word and another one much more vulgar during...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - UPDATED with more audio clips (at the bottom). During the May 7, 2013 Airport meeting, Adonna Bennett and Jimmy Wells both made statements during discussions on the business lease currently being worked on. Adonna stated that Mr. Mlacnik, IDOT Aeronautics, stated that it was a...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Public Access (Binding) Opinion 13-006 Late in the afternoon of May 13, 2013, the Illinois Attorney General’s office posted the binding opinion in reference to the secret ballot held by the Edgar County Airport Advisory board in which they took action, as a...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport Advisory Board met in open session on May 7, 2013. After listening to the Audio of that meeting, I heard a board member ask MS. Bennett what she was going to talk about at the county board meeting...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The level of stupidity of our public employee at the Edgar County Airport is simply amazing. The Paris Beacon News quoted Jimmy Wells: "Wells denies having such a conversation with Bruner." Not only was there a conversation just as described but a witness as well! ...
