Peotone, IL. (ECWd) - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The open spigot of tax dollars that pours into local school districts has made school superintendents and the consultants - who are hired to guide district spending, borrowing, and referendums - far too comfortable. The salaries and benefits of...
CLARK CO., IL. — According to Illinois State Police, two are dead following a motorcycle vs. deer crash in Clark County yesterday (Saturday, June 25). ISP District 12, who worked the accident, said that at 8:15 p.m. an orange 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by 58-year-old David...
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...
Illinois (ECWd) - Over the past month, we have attempted to get confirmation that Auditor General Frank Mautino's claimed cooperation with the US Attorney's investigation was, in fact, a "criminal" investigation as many have attempted to imply that it was not a criminal investigation. Today we...
HUME, IL. (ECWd) - On June 20, 2016, Shiloh CUSD#1 Board of Trustees held a Budget Hearing and Regular School Board Meeting. During the budget hearing, it was stated: The cafeteria ended in the black this year - previous years it had always lost money Education fund...
Illinois (ECWd) - I will be the first to tell the world, I struggled my whole life with grammar and to this day I am dependent on numerous programs in an effort to ensure I get it right, however since we are not selling anything...
In a vote that goes down in history as voters refuse to give away their Liberty - Britain voted yesterday to leave the European Union ("EU"). The stunning election results caused Prime Minister David Cameron to resign (video of his full resignation speech here). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXWNtXfCoc From Reuters: 'Explosive shock' as...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We have already shown that President Doug Baker and Northern Illinois University have experimented with many variations of questionable actions regarding procurement and contracts, especially for friends of President Baker. But there are still new riffs on an old song. We recently...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Another lawsuit has been filed naming the Clark County Park District ("CCPD") as Defendants for another in a long line of failures of their Executive Director, Charity Murphy. [caption id="attachment_20947" align="alignleft" width="240"] Charity Murphy - CCPD[/caption] Murphy has consistently failed miserably when it comes...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Many will recall the numerous meetings College of DuPage Trustees McGuire, Wozniak, and Birt boycotted after former Chair Hamilton resigned. Two of those meetings, 12/17/2015 and 1/7/2016 now appear on the expense reimbursement form for Trustee McGuire and Wozniak seeking mileage reimbursement...
