Champaign, IL. (ECWd) - Shamar Betts pled guilty in Federal Court earlier this year on one Count of "Inciting a Riot" and this week was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison, according to WAND he was credited with one year for time served awaiting trial...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE: Not only do all Paris District 95 students get free lunch, now they’re getting free laptops! Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Larson applied and received a grant for the laptops through E2E Exchange (government e-rate funding). Students at Memorial and Wenz Elementary, as well as...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd attended the Illinois State Board of Education meeting yesterday in Springfield, Illinois, where the Board heard more than 2 hours of public comment, mostly concerning the school mask requirements. The majority of those speaking were asking for it to be changed to...
LADD, IL. (ECWd) - During a Village of Ladd, Illinois trustee meeting on August 10, 2021, Village Mayor Frank Cattani, Trustee Nelson and others were in a discussion on whether or not to support changing the name of "Negro Creek" to "Adams Creek." During this discussion, Mayor...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Education went through a compliance audit by the Auditor General's office and the results were released 6/9/2021. I don't think there is much we can say on this one. People should know, these board members are appointed by the...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Education has posted its agenda for its next meeting Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 10 AM. While we found nothing on the agenda regarding any attempted rulemaking for mask mandates at schools, we must admit surprise to their public...
Shelby Co. IL. (ECWd) - During last week's Shelby County Board meeting, the State's Attorney issued a warning to people in the county. "I think people in this county better be careful about publicly accusing others of misrepresenting and being dishonest when you don't have facts or...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Former Arcola Mayoral Candidate Sharilyn Kibler failed to appear in Douglas County Circuit Court last week on a Criminal Misdemeanor (Class A) charge of Resisting a Peace Officer. A warrant for her arrest was issued on Aug 10, 2021, and was returned...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby Co. State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke sidestepped a board member's actual question regarding questioning Keith Petard on the insurance matter costing the taxpayers $34,297.01. Rather than actually answer the question, she made an interesting statement, which by all indications, does not match...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board met last night and once again it appears the circus acts have grown. [caption id="attachment_73354" align="alignnone" width="160"] Board Member Lynn Williams[/caption] During a very brief and unproductive discussion about the $34,297.01 in improperly obtained insurance benefits, deemed as fraud by...
