ILLINOIS (ECWd) - As a NOAA Weather Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador, the Edgar County Watchdogs brings you the following information from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency: February 28, 2022 Public Information Officer Kevin Sur 217-557-4756 / [email protected] 2022 Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Illinois IEMA and NWS encourage increased preparedness efforts...
Robinson, IL. (ECWd) - Mykaela Kristine Patterson, a now-former substitute teacher for Robinson, Illinois School District Number 2, was arrested on Feb 22, 2022, after a Feb 8, 2022, true bill of indictment came out of a federal grand jury which alleged she received and distributed...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Illinois Governor Pritzker has announced that starting Monday, February 28, 2022, there will be no mask mandates in Illinois schools. He claims this comes on the heels of the CDC's changing guidance. Just hours prior to his announcement, the Illinois Supreme Court denied the state's...
Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - We thank WAND-TV and I-Team reporter Doug Wolfe for broadcasting this story tonight: Watch it on WANDTV.com or below: ...
Champaign County, IL. (ECWd) - The Board of Review has engaged in inappropriate use of public credits cards with their purchases of the following, using the County Supervisor of Assessment's public credit card: Jimmy Johns, $18.63, on Dec 27, 2021 - this was labeled as "employee...
Decatur, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs joined Busboom and Wolfe on WZUS, FM 101, in Decatur, Illinois for a 3-hour (radio time) discussion this morning. Video from inside the radio studio with commercial breaks edited out: Audio from the WZUS website: https://cromwell-rss.streamguys1.com/player/playlist2105070913413.html#...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's office was named defendant in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed today by the Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc. From the Complaint: "NOW COMES Plaintiff, EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS by the undersigned attorneys, Loevy & Loevy, and brings this Freedom...
Boone County, IL. (ECWd) - It was brought to our attention several months ago of allegations that a Boone County Board member has been under investigation for matters related to his service on the county board. Last December, the Boone County State's Attorney provided a letter written...
Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Windsor, Illinois, attempted to hold a meeting of the city council last night. After taking roll call, only two members of the council were present, leaving the meeting without a quorum and unable to conduct business or hold the meeting...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Former Paris City Councilman Robert "Steve" Kemper, who plead guilty on January 7, 2022, to aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class 2 Felony) was sentenced in Edgar County Circuit Court on February 18, 2022, to 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Kemper...
