Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - COLES CO. – The preliminary hearing held in October for a local gym coach was a startling one, according to the reactions of those in the courtroom hearing the testimony for the first time. Zac Lawson, the 33-year-old former coach and owner of...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Tonight's meeting of the Village of Lerna Board of Trustees received the resignations of Village Clerk, John Protz, and also Village Trustee Janette Beals. We previously wrote about the apparent conflict with the Village Clerk also working by the hour in the Clerk's...
Tom Kacich: Rauner backs candidate in state House race Sun, 10/25/2015 - 7:00am | Tom Kacich Gov. Bruce Rauner has jumped into the 102nd House District Republican primary, endorsing former state Rep. Brad Halbrook in what for now is a three-way race. Halbrook, of Shelbyville, is running with...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Some of you may have read our recent articles on the Village of Lerna (here). We are still sorting out some of the details, but we do know when public officials refuse to stop their lawbreaking, there is more to the story. I had...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - The excuses we hear every where we go are almost all the same, but I am starting to think there is a secret book of excuses out there some people are reading. Several months ago during a Lerna village meeting I informed the...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - This is the third month we have attended the Village of Lerna monthly meeting of Trustees. The first month I explained the conflict of interest between the Village President and his job as full-time Village Maintenance Supervisor. I also mentioned the conflict between...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Edited with the video at bottom of article...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: We received a phone call from the person in the photo who claims to have not meant it as a threat, but more as a safety thing while we were down around E. St. Louis. He sounded sincere, so I consider...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - The alleged offense is [720 ILCS 5/26-4(a)] "Unauthorized Video Recording and Live Video Transmission" of the Illinois Criminal Code, which states: (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4) Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized video recording and live video transmission. (a) It is...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Update: Click HERE for mugshot...
