PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - While driving though town today I noticed a crew working on the exterior of the Paris Beacon News building. It appears as though the green Vitrolite has been separating from the building due to its age and the extreme weather the past couple...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - At the September 2012 Edgar County Board meeting, we were informed the board was not going to transfer the $71,100 from TORT fund to general fund. This comes on the heels of a question I presented to the board during the August...
BROCTON, IL. (ECWd) - This month's Brocton Town Council meeting was fairly uneventful in light of the fact that a citizen has filed two lawsuits against the council members. William "Bill" Webber has taken the extraordinary step of filing for a temporary restraining order against the council to...
EDGAR CO. - ECWd - The Illinois Attorney General has determined that further inquiry is necessary in reply to my letter, in which I spelled out the potential violations of the Open Meetings Act by the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Trustees during their August 20, 2012 monthly...
There is a cornfield fire 3 miles east of Brocton, IL. There were several fire departments from surrounding communities called out to help fight this fire. The cause is unknown at this time. Video below: ...
EDGAR CO. - Cole Lewis, one of the "Kansas 6", has entered a plea of Guilty in a Class 4 felony of Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm. This was a negotiated deal, the two Class 1 felonies of Home Invasion and Residential Burglary were not pursued. He...
PARIS, IL. -Â Jeep Fest is in full swing on the south side of the Edgar County Courthouse square this evening in Paris, Illinois. There are quite a few Jeeps, both new and old, already on the square. Live entertainment is scheduled and the Paris Tigers Band Parents...
EDGAR CO. - In times where funds are short and schools are at risk of closing due to limited budgets, the Shiloh School District Board of Education held a vote on whether to give the superintendent an increase in pay for the 2012-2013 school year. During the...
EASTERN ILLINOIS - 8/28/2012 PRESS RELEASE from the ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE MEDIA CONTACT: Diana Rickert 
 [email protected] or (312) 607-4977  Eastern Illinois counties earn low marks in government transparency audit 21 out of 22 county governments in eastern Illinois receive failing grades in Institute audit, and many are not compliant with state...
EDGAR CO - There are several items to report around the area and we will lump them into one article. Clark-Edgar Rural Water District It appears that not one of the trustees of the water district has bothered to read the statute governing their district, and none of...
