CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) – According to a Clark County Sheriff’s Department Press Release, there was a disturbance at Mill Creek Lake and Campground – Clark County Park District – on May 27, 2017 where reports of missing hand tools, flares, and fire extinguishers from the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - 703 Douglas Street, Paris, IL. Witnesses say they spotted a female running from the house and noticed smoke coming out of the building – there are unconfirmed reports that she in custody of the Paris Police Department. House was allegedly set on fire while...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We broadcast a live video feed of this meeting (below) on our ECWd Facebook page - The Edgar County Board Finance Committee held a meeting this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Edgar County Clerk's Office to open the sealed bid submitted for possible purchase...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Video of the house fire in the 200 block of East Madison Street in Paris, Illinois. It was called in at around 6 p.m. on May 13. Crews from Paris and Oliver Fire Departments were on hand. Didn't have my tripod with me so some...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - Pictures are of flooding in Metcalf - mostly on Metcalf Road, with County Road 6 being the worst. Mayor Cheryl Gill said it could have been a lot worse had the village not worked with the Edgar County Highway Department in 2012 to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County has filed an answer, in the form of a Motion to Dismiss, to the amended complaint filed against them by RIDES Mass Transit District ("RIDES-MTD"). This suit deals with the funds remaining after dissolution of the East Central Mass Transit District...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (ECWd) - Former Candidate for State Representative of the 102nd District in Illinois, Randall "Randy" Peterson, 38, was arrested in Marion County Indiana on January 15, 2017. UPDATE: 3-24-2017 - 11:56 A.M. - Electronic Court Docket states that both charges were Dismissed. Peterson is also the former...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Randy Peterson, the current President of the Board of the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce was arrested on March 5, 2017, in Clinton, Indiana on the charge of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. According to a Clinton, Indiana newspaper clip we were sent, he was pulled...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Rides Mass Transit District ("RIDES-MTD")filed its amended complaint a couple of weeks ago in their lawsuit alleging Edgar County owes them over $152,000 - which was the remaining funds after all debts were paid from the allegedly dissolved East Central Illinois mass Transit...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A full eight days after the cut-off date to file an amended complaint, RIDES-MTD filed one in Edgar County Circuit Court. This amended complaint consists of the following: claim of "promissory estoppel" claim of "breach of unilateral contract" The lawsuit stems from the deposition of...
