EDGAR CO. After receiving several tips on our hotline concerning Paris Township using Public Funds to pave (chip and seal) the private drives of several homeowners, we decided to check into the […]
Free Driveway Anyone? .
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911 – Confirmed FOIA Violation – 2011 PAC 17699 .
EDGAR CO. – After 9 months of the Edgar County ETSB (911) wasting taxpayer money, on the advice of their former attorney (S. Craig Smith), trying to get out of providing Public Documents pursuant to a […]
Catholic School Bus Firebombed in Rockford, IL –
ROCKFORD, IL. – According to the Illinois Review, a Catholic pro-life school bus was firebombed in Rockford, Illinois last friday night. The bus was owned and operated by Our Lady of the Sacred […]
Transit District Update:
EDGAR CO – Was that the vessel of choice for certain employees of the Edgar County Mass Transit District? After a quick review of documents received thru a Freedom Of Information Act request, the […]
Update: Edgar County Transit District
EDGAR CO. – Today’s update on the Edgar County Transit District “situation” we reported last week. Here is what we have been able to figure out: + The Edgar County Transit District is […]
Civil Suit Verdict – GUILTY! – Burgin & Rogers
EDGAR CO. – Another black eye to Edgar County under the watch of former Sheriff Tim Crippes. “After a 4 day jury trial, the jury returned a verdict of the strip search in favor of […]
UPDATE: “Kansas 6” in Court
EDGAR CO. – Three of the “Kansas 6” had their first appearance in court today. We first broke this story with these articles. Dillon Armes appeared with council and was assigned a […]
East Central Illinois Mass Transit District
EDGAR CO. – There have been alot of rumors spreading thoughout Edgar County the past few weeks, hopefully this will bring some of them to light. Today, the East Central Illinois Mass Transit […]
Brocton Spring Festival and Draft Horse Show
Below you will find some pictures taken during the Brocton parade today, I was in it so I couldn’t take any pics until after I went thru – so here are a few […]
Kansas, IL. teen turns himself in to authorities
EDGAR CO. – It has been reported that Dillon Armes voluntarily turned himself in last night, May 31, 2012, to the Edgar County Sheriff Department. He was one of the six Kansas […]
Attorney General vs McFatridge – IL Supreme Court
EDGAR CO. – The Illinois Attorney General has been given leave to appeal the court decision that required the People of the State of Illinois to pay the legal expenses incurred by […]
Finally, someone willing to state the obvious!
SPRINGFIELD – Reposted from the IllinoisTeaParty Youtube Page: FINALLY, Illinois State Representative Mike Bost has finally had enough of politics as usual in the State of Illinois and wants to know why […]
Brown votes NO on Double-Dipper Reform Bill
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Once again Rep. Adam Brown votes to screw the taxpayers. Brown was a NO vote and Rose was a YES vote. Amazingly, even triple-dipper Roger Eddy voted YES on […]
Former State’s Attorney’s flaming email
EDGAR CO. – Former Edgar County State’s Attorney Michael McFatridge sends a flaming email full of homosexually charged insinuations. Makes me wonder if he is yearning to come out of the closet […]
Update: Fed Civil Rights Suit
EDGAR CO – On May 18, 2012, a final pretrial order was entered and filed in US District Court, Central District of Illinois in regards to a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit naming Edgar […]
UPDATE – District 95: Video of 5-7-2012 Board Meeting
PARIS, IL – Here it is, and once again the local paper prints only what the board wants them to print. This has become their standard reporting practice . So if you […]
Matt Eddy,Legislative Scholarships, Ethics Statements
EDGAR CO – Like father like son – What can we say… Legislative Scholarship for Sister-in-Law On the subject of Legislative Scholarships, Matt Eddy, the son of former Illinois State Representative Roger […]
Adam Brown, Chapin Rose: Sided With Unions?, Screwed taxpayers
Dazed and Confused! Senate Bill 1313, approved by both houses, basically brings an end to free employee health insurance for retired state employees yet many who ran on a ticket of conservative […]
District 95 Resignation
It has come to our attention that school board member Sue Furnish has resigned her position as board member. A phone call to the Superintendent verified this. The board will publish the […]
VIDEO: Edgar County Board Meeting, May 9, 2012
EDGAR CO. – The Edgar County Board held their monthly meeting where the following occurred – you can watch the video below: Approval of April 11, 2012 meeting minutes. Approved claims against […]
UPDATE: Home invasion and beating
EDGAR CO – Late this afternoon, the watchdogs have learned the Edgar County Sheriff Department has officially assumed (as of today) the investigation of the home invasion and beating in Kansas, Illinois. […]
Home Invasion and Beating in Kansas, Illinois
KANSAS, IL – There was a home invasion and beating in Kansas, Illinois last week. The victim identified 3 of the 5 or 6 perpetrators (who are all between 17 and 19 years old). […]
Report: District 95 School Board Meeting 5-7-2012
PARIS,IL– District 95 School Board Meeting May 7, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. During the District 95 school board meeting, Tom Davis read a prepared statement, referencing the August 15, 2011 meeting, in […]
Luxury Car Entitlement (911)
EDGAR CO – Let’s talk about bad decisions by the ETS Board this time. It appears we have, at least in the ETS (911), an entitlement mentality when it comes to our […]
Is District 95 searching for a new Superintendent yet?
PARIS, IL – I had almost forgot about this issue until it was recently brought to my attention again. At the August 15, 2011 District 95 School Board Meeting, Chuck Hand asked […]
Comments We’ve Received
EDGAR CO. – Some comments we receive deserve recognition for one reason or another. Below is one we received a couple days ago: “Message: I am just curious as to why you […]
Update: Edgar County Civil Suit
EDGAR CO. – Emergency Protective Order / Preliminary Injunction Filed Back on March 22, we posted an article about a civil law suit filed against several Edgar County law enforcement officers and […]
People of Paris receive refund from Roger Eddy
PARIS, ILLINOIS – We discovered and first posted on illegal campaign donations by the City of Paris. Our second article on the subject was a little more in-depth. The answer we received from City […]
Edgar County Board Meeting Comments – April 2012
EDGAR CO. – The Edgar County Board held a meeting on April 11, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. in the Edgar County Courthouse. If a person relied on the trusty Paris Beacon News […]
TORT Fund or SLUSH Fund
EDGAR CO – TORT Fund or Slush Fund For those of you that pay property tax, have you ever wondered why we pay so much compared to other parts of the country? […]
