Brocton, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Brocton, Illinois voted to enter into a three-year intergovernmental agreement with the Brocton Fire Protection District. The village has secured a matching grant to replace all the existing 4-inch water mains with 6-inch mains, and replace the existing flush and...
BROCKTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Brocton obtained an approval to demolish dilapidated pieces of property, 102 and 103 E. 3d Street, within its corporate limits. The purpose was to tear a couple buildings down due to becoming safety hazards and eyesores in the past few years. We were...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Court heard Motions for Retrial yesterday in the case of Fred Cox, who was convicted by a jury last December, but whose sentencing was delayed due to inclement weather this past February, and delayed further when DNA results became available. We...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Following up on a previous article (here) which could turn out to be a case of wrongful prosecution and conviction, the Illinois State Police Crime Lab has provided the DNA testing results from samples taken from the underwear provided following allegations of...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - I attended two court hearings this month for the case of Fred Cox, 2014CF121, found guilty on December 16, 2015 of felony predatory criminal sexual assault / victim under 13 years of age. We received information that DNA evidence tested did not match...
Marshall, CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: A single-vehicle, multi-occupant crash very early this morning took the life of a driver and passenger from Brocton and sent two individuals from Paris to a Terre Haute hospital. Illinois State Police in District #12 said that the crash occurred at 2:52...
BROCTON, IL. (ECWd) - The 2014 Brocton Spring Festival and Draft Horse Show Parade had a great turn out this morning - and beautiful weather! Below should be at least one picture of every parade entry. A video of the entire parade will be posted after it...
BROCTON, IL. (ECWd) - There are still some diehard anti-police department people out there ranting about the "cost" of the Brocton Police Department, so we decided to show the actual net cost to the taxpayers of Brocton. First, from 2007 thru 2010, the net cost of the...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - After more than a year, and some city council members that didn't think a single winning vote at the ballot box counted, the Village of Brocton, IL. has finally reinstated their police department, and the Police Officer is back on the payroll. Earlier...
