Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

12 Aug Edgar County Board Meeting – “What really happened”

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Just in case you missed reading in other local publications what really went on at the county board meeting this month, here are some comments and a video of the meeting. - J. Kraft asked for an itemized list of expenditures of the...

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11 Aug Grass Fire on N. Main –

Posted at 14:13h in feature, Paris Fire Department by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - There was a grass fire on North Main Street in Paris that started around noon today. The fire quickly spread to include five properties, the Paris Fire Department quickly arrived and put out the fire that was, at times, within a foot of several...

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10 Aug Trial of youth accused of murdering mother

Posted at 12:08h in Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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EDGAR CO - This article is reprinted from the July Issue of Disclosure with permission from Angela Mason Howser. Trial of youth accused of murdering mother moving toward jury trial.              In this undated photo submitted by family of a young Terry Payton and his mother Kathie, the smiles...

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10 Aug “Corruption” – Kent Lundgren

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Guest Writer, Bob Webb - Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to govern any other. John Adams To anyone who cares to pay attention it should be quite obvious that practically every government entity in this county is full of...

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09 Aug Rick Wahl – To Hell with the Citizens

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BROCKTON, IL (ECWd) - We attended the monthly city council meeting in Brocton, Illinois last night, August 8, 2012, and decided this meeting was deserving of a multipart article. Ordinance to Reinstate the Police Dpartment An ordinance to reinstate the police department, after what we believe to be a...

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07 Aug Illinois False Claims Act and Edgar County ETSB –

Posted at 13:26h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - After spending more than 14 months asking the Edgar County Board and the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB or 911) to recover payments for claims that we believe to be False Claims, we have taken the first step in filing a...

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05 Aug House Fire on Carroll Street

Posted at 19:50h in feature, Paris Fire Department by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PARIS, IL. - There was a house fire on Carroll Street this afternoon. It started around 5:00 P.M. and the house was a total loss. Two adults, Adam and Ginger Calloway, and three teenagers lived in the house at the time. No injuries reported, everyone got out of the...

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01 Aug Dee Burgin was “Let Go” today

Posted at 20:54h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, General by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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EDGAR CO - We have just received information that Dee Burgin is no longer a Deputy in the Edgar County Sheriff Department. This comes after the 30 day appeal period for the guilty verdict from the Civil Rights Lawsuit he and Terry Rogers lost expired. We...

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31 Jul 1 Year OLD !

Posted at 12:24h in Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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On the 1 year anniversary of the Edgar County Watchdogs, I would like to extend our gratitude for all of the citizens who provided tips to us and those who visit our website. Without you none of this could happen. We would also like to...

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22 Jul CERWD – “Who Is This We”?

Posted at 19:43h in CERWD, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - The "We" in question during a special meeting of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) are "We" the Public,  WE the customers, and WE the trustees of the PUBLIC water district - the discussion on the "WE" question starts at 7:29 in the video below. It appears...

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