Illinois (ECWd) - The sky is falling, the sky is falling! We need a budget because the sky is falling. We need a tax increase because the sky is falling. Really! Ok, not really, although that is basically what we have been told for the past two...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - It is beyond us why any purported newspaper would ever defend a public body who made it a pattern and practice to improperly deny requests for public records, vote in public session to provide said requested records, never provide them after a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The evening of August 30th, Bob Holmes, the One-Man Volleyball Team visited the Paris Cooperative High School for an exciting evening of volleyball with several teams who thought they could out-play him. Opposing teams included Precision Collision, Chrisman Girls Volleyball, Paris Girls Volleyball, the...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County, through their hired attorneys out of Champaign, filed a four-page Motion to Dismiss in the Federal Court. The county is of the position that the Federal Court has no jurisdiction over the matter because they claim there are state level...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - (Updated 8-31-2017 @ 2243 hrs) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="215"] Carlinville Park District Board[/caption] Towards the end of the August 30, 2017 meeting of the Carlinville Park District Board of Commissioners, Board President and Commissioner Larry Smith read a resignation letter and immediately resigned...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - The Daily Herald reported that the Maine Township Supervisor hired a political ally for a new $30,000 part-time position without conducting a job search. Now on the surface, the average reader would see just another article pointing out political patronage, a common...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - Peoplesoft Financials software is part of the enterprise software solution used by Northern Illinois University under a contractual agreement with ORACLE for NIU’s business operations, such as accounts payable, accounts receivables, student services, and human resources. In their contractual agreement, NIU...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Watchdogs talk to BLNNEW.com founder Diane Benjamin about the use of city credit to purchase an airplane ticket for Bloomington Mayors Tari Renner's girlfriend to join him in Japan on a recent Sister Cities trip. Watch the video below: https://youtu.be/8mJyp08wAXw . ...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft, joined Ben Yount in studio for the live Illinois Watchdog Radio Show this afternoon to discuss various issues with the City of Bloomington, its Mayor, the airplane ticket purchase, and other items of...
HOOPESTON, IL. (ECWd) - Updated Scribner's error on the dollar amount the school claimed it would save. The Hoopeston Area School District #11 closed its Honeywell elementary school earlier this year citing financial concerns and alleging it would save the district close to 250k annually. Their official website...
