Edgar County Vote Totals (Sheriff) ! –
(unofficial) 100% reporting… Sheriff: JEFF D. WOOD (DEM) 631 59.47 % ROGER D HOPPER (DEM) 193 18.19 % KEITH J. KENNEY (DEM) 237 22.34 % EDWARD B MOTLEY (REP) 1,207 42.89 % HANE R. ST. CLAIR (REP) 949 33.72 % DENNIS CARY (REP) 97 3.45 % TOM DOLAN (REP) 561 19.94 % . Finally, […]
Secrets of the Edgar County Sheriff’s Office – Revealed – Parts 5 & 6 –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Letter to the Editor (if anyone else would like to write to us, we will be happy to print it provided you supply your name and contact information with the letter.): Part 5 or Welcome to the Edgar County Jail..Not Even a Nice Place to Visit Much has been made of […]
The Ficticious "$300 Per Day" Argument (Hopper-Burgin) –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Lately I have been reading a lot about Hopper and Burgin and the suit appealing the arbitrator’s opinion. This amount has been mentioned by several candidates for Sheriff. This has been misrepresented to the public as far as the dollar amount that might be payable in the event the Sheriff should […]
Secrets of the Edgar County Sheriff's Office – Revealed – Part 1 –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Letter to the Editor: Well written discussion from facebook: As you may know, the primary election is Tuesday, March 18. While I am, generally, reluctant to express my personal views (those of you who know me…stop laughing right now), I feel that some misconceptions must be cleared up. There has been […]
Roger Hopper – High School Graduate ?! –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – In the March 13th Beacon News, the article on Roger Hopper (Democrat) seeking Sheriff’s Office, he informed the reporter that he “graduated from Paris High School in 1977“. I have been trying to stay out of the local Sheriff’s race and let people make up their own minds, but I cannot […]
Meet the Candidates for Edgar County Sheriff (VIDEO) –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The Watchdogs were in attendance at the “Meet the Candidate” event at Crestwood school in early March. Below is the video, from when the candidates start talking to when they finish. Enjoy! . .
Part-Time Corrections Officer Investigated "The Letter Update" –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – As promised in this article (click here), we finally received the FOIA request back from the Illinois State Police. It turns out there was an investigation into allegations that a corrections officer traded prescription drugs for sex. The Edgar County Sheriff Department contact the Illinois State Police, Zone 5, in February […]
"The Mailing Labels" –
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – After the unsigned two page letter was received (click here for article), I submitted a FOIA request to the Edgar County Clerk asking for receipts for purchases of pre-printed mailing labels within the past 60 days. I received the requested records today, and what it shows is that there were 3 […]
Edgar County Drug Arrests for the past 2 years –
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – As promised in a previous article, the FOIA received from the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department shows the total numbers of arrests, by category, and below are the total numbers of drug related arrests made in the past 2 years. There have also been 753 Failure To Appear arrests and 41 DUI […]
Proud of it? Put your name on it…
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – It seems like a certain person has decided to send a pathetic anonymous letter out to the the good citizens of Edgar County. Kind of makes you wonder why it was unsigned, with no return address? Shouldn’t they be proud of their “revelations” included in the letter? The really funny part […]