Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Coles County State's Attorney filed charges on September 15, 2015 of Battery/Bodily Harm against Kassandra Wilson of Charleston. A Class A Misdemeanor. Wilson struck the victim 3 or 4 times to the head, causing her to fall. Victim was 11 weeks pregnant at...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - It was recently brought to our attention that the Edgar County Watchdogs were mentioned on a televised segment of "In The Loop", which is broadcast on WYCC-PBS in the Chicago area. Go straight to the segment at the 16:00 minute mark where they...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND A CONSPIRACY BY LAWYERS FOR THE STATE TO HIDE RECORDS State of Illinois Healthcare and Family Services inked a deal worth over $190 million with Client Network Services Incorporated ( "CNSI" ) through...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Finally, the Prairie Press finishes out their unwarranted attack on someone (me) who tried to verify a statement they quoted, by re-quoting what Farnham has already told them was misquoted. Maybe Nancy Zeman is still upset about my article on her...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Kings of Petty Politics, Prairie Press, and their “Editorial” next try to equate a FOIA designed to determine if what they quoted county board member Farnham as saying was actually based on fact (Farnham says they misquoted him and won't...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Kings of Petty Politics Part 2 – Claiming That Watchdogs are harassing. The Prairie Press Editorial Board says that: “In our opinion the Watchdog action has nothing to do with better government but is a petty action meant to harass because Wood...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The “Kings of Petty Politics”, the Prairie Press, as evidenced by their coverage of the fake Edgar County 911 issues prior to the 2014 election have cried foul when we attempted to verify what they were reporting as statements made by an...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Elections held the lottery on December 9, 2015, to determine ballot placement in the upcoming election. Ballot order for the 102nd Illinois State Representative District is  Brad Halbrook  Randy Peterson  Jim Acklin Ballot order for the 110th Illinois State Representative District (without...
Macon Co., IL. (ECWd) - Failure to provide hearing notice in accordance with law, failure to provide essential information regarding the hearing, and failure to issue hearing notices to landowners surrounding the proposed wind farm. This is a classic example of why adherence to the law and...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - After talking to Edgar County Board Member Karl Farnham this morning prior to the December County Board Meeting, he stated that Nancy Zeman misquoted him in PP article we wrote about last week entitled "Farnham Makes Things Up, Prairie Press Prints...
