23 Aug Paris Garage Fire: Total Loss –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Late-afternoon on Monday, August 23, 2021, a garage caught fire in the W. Crawford and Alexander Street area. The structure was a total loss. Video below: ...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Late-afternoon on Monday, August 23, 2021, a garage caught fire in the W. Crawford and Alexander Street area. The structure was a total loss. Video below: ...
Champaign, IL. (ECWd) - Shamar Betts pled guilty in Federal Court earlier this year on one Count of "Inciting a Riot" and this week was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison, according to WAND he was credited with one year for time served awaiting trial...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE: Not only do all Paris District 95 students get free lunch, now they’re getting free laptops! Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Larson applied and received a grant for the laptops through E2E Exchange (government e-rate funding). Students at Memorial and Wenz Elementary, as well as...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd attended the Illinois State Board of Education meeting yesterday in Springfield, Illinois, where the Board heard more than 2 hours of public comment, mostly concerning the school mask requirements. The majority of those speaking were asking for it to be changed to...
LADD, IL. (ECWd) - During a Village of Ladd, Illinois trustee meeting on August 10, 2021, Village Mayor Frank Cattani, Trustee Nelson and others were in a discussion on whether or not to support changing the name of "Negro Creek" to "Adams Creek." During this discussion, Mayor...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Former Arcola Mayoral Candidate Sharilyn Kibler failed to appear in Douglas County Circuit Court last week on a Criminal Misdemeanor (Class A) charge of Resisting a Peace Officer. A warrant for her arrest was issued on Aug 10, 2021, and was returned...
Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - During the 4 hour and 15 minute Shelby County Board Meeting on August 12, 2021, the board considered and voted on two items not listed properly on the meeting agenda. They voted to appoint the State's Attorney as Grant Accountability and...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - A Motion For Sanctions and a Motion To Dismiss was filed on August 1-, 2021, by the defendant in Norton's latest frivolous lawsuit (we wrote about the lawsuit here). In this Motion by Defendant McCubbin: This complaint was filed by Norton and...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In an April 26, 2021, Opinion, the Appellate Court determined that the City of Bloomington violated the Open Meetings Act on February 20, 2017, when it went into closed session for one hour and twenty-seven minutes to discuss terminating an Intergovernmental Agreement...
MADISON COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - ***PRESS RELEASE*** Â Former County Officials File Civil Conspiracy and Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Madison County Chief Judge Bill Mudge, Sheriff John Lakin, Treasurer Chris Slusser, Circuit Clerk Tom McRare and Other Current and Former County Officials. Â EDWARDSVILLE - Former Madison County Administrator Doug Hulme...