EDGAR CO. – $24,428,035.86 MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT! After attending now three meetings at the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District, I can’t come up with an adjective that reflects what we have seen. […]
$24,428,035.86 MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT!
Courage, It’s burning inside you, fan the flame!
Many have speculated, falsely, that our efforts of exposing improper and illegal activity is based on some political motivation or self-serving agenda. Sadly those people have become part of the problem on […]
Dishonorable Disclosures –
Intelligence and Special Operations forces are furious and frustrated at how President Obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage. Countless leaks, interviews and decisions by […]
Nitpicking?? Thank You!
EDGAR CO – Our recent Fox in the Hen House article lead to an accusation of Nitpicking and the more we thought about it, the more we realized the importance of a […]
Is the Fox Guarding the Hen House?
Does anyone remember the nursery rhyme: ‘Sleep, my little one, sleep, Thy father guards the sheep’. Is the Fox guarding the Hen House? “The hen-house is based on the American farmer who, like a […]
Ernie Pyle Festival in Dana, Indiana –
DANA, IN. (ECWd) – Coon Holler Kids Students from Judy Green’s Coon Holler Music Studio in rural Clinton provided the entertainment Friday night, August 10, at the annual Ernie Pyle Festival […]
CERWD: “We need to show more income” –
EDGAR CO (ECWd) – At a time when finances are scarce, and obtaining financing is even more difficult, it appears people and government bodies will do anything to “qualify” for loans and grants. […]
Edgar County Board Meeting – “What really happened”
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – Just in case you missed reading in other local publications what really went on at the county board meeting this month, here are some comments and a video […]
Grass Fire on N. Main –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – There was a grass fire on North Main Street in Paris that started around noon today. The fire quickly spread to include five properties, the Paris Fire Department quickly […]
Dignity Part V .
EDGAR CO (ECWd) – Farnham, Crippes, St. Clair, Hopper, Burgin, Ball, Rhoads, and the beat goes on! From ignoring felony crimes to covering them up, it’s very clear the history of the Edgar […]
Trial of youth accused of murdering mother
EDGAR CO – This article is reprinted from the July Issue of Disclosure with permission from Angela Mason Howser. Trial of youth accused of murdering mother moving toward jury trial. […]
“Corruption” – Kent Lundgren
Guest Writer, Bob Webb – Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to govern any other. John Adams To anyone who cares to pay attention […]
Rick Wahl – To Hell with the Citizens
BROCKTON, IL (ECWd) – We attended the monthly city council meeting in Brocton, Illinois last night, August 8, 2012, and decided this meeting was deserving of a multipart article. Ordinance to Reinstate the […]
Illinois False Claims Act and Edgar County ETSB –
EDGAR CO. – After spending more than 14 months asking the Edgar County Board and the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB or 911) to recover payments for claims that we […]
Additional Depositions
At the request of our local readers we are posting several more depositions in the Randy Steidl and Herb Whitlock case for your viewing. For anyone interested you can download the ENTIRE history […]
House Fire on Carroll Street
PARIS, IL. – There was a house fire on Carroll Street this afternoon. It started around 5:00 P.M. and the house was a total loss. Two adults, Adam and Ginger Calloway, and three teenagers […]
Dignity – Part IV
Who truly got the ISP involved to investigate the Official Misconduct of the jailers Kent Rhoads and Jason Ball? The investigation reports reveal some very interesting questions. In an ISP interview report […]
Dee Burgin was “Let Go” today
EDGAR CO – We have just received information that Dee Burgin is no longer a Deputy in the Edgar County Sheriff Department. This comes after the 30 day appeal period for the […]
Resign with your Dignity? Part III
What happens when you hire your buddy or your buddies buddy as part of the ongoing good old boy policy in this County? You get the good old boy that in many […]
1 Year OLD !
On the 1 year anniversary of the Edgar County Watchdogs, I would like to extend our gratitude for all of the citizens who provided tips to us and those who visit our […]
Dignity? Part II
Dignity? Part II Can anyone honestly claim former Sheriff Tim Crippes should not be charged with official misconduct in relation to the attempted cover up of the jailers who were later convicted? […]
“History Breaths…….It Belongs to You”
Every day I wake up and pray that more people will see what John and I see in this great nation and its people. Sure we all have our problems and challenges […]
In the beginning there was water!
In the beginning there was water! Clark County Rural Water. A private business with an address of PO Box of 232, Marshal, Illinois 62441. We know from bank records it was in […]
Dignity? I want to Vomit!
EDGAR CO. – “Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity) A sign or […]
CERWD – “Who Is This We”?
EDGAR CO. – The “We” in question during a special meeting of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) are “We” the Public, WE the customers, and WE the trustees of the PUBLIC water district – […]
Can we recover our Moral Fiber?
Our Moral Fiber is being destroyed in this country, this state, this county, one day, one event, one person at a time. What is Moral Fiber? I think the definition I found […]
Crimes Outweigh Justice in Edgar County
The former Charleston, IL City Planner, Jeff Finley, was charged last month with embezzling over $22,000 from Code Enforcement Officials between 2004 and 2008. The indictment outlines he wrote checks to himself as electronic payments to his personal […]
3 more Kansas teens in Court –
EDGAR CO. – Two more of the “Kansas 6″ were back in court on July 12, 2012 at the Edgar County Courthouse. Cole Lewis appeared in June 14 with a pretrial date set for July […]
The Mis-Adventures of Milton Township –
An article worth reading from For the Good of Illinois with some of the same excuses we get in Edgar County: What’s the Matter with Milton Township? In our […]
Update: Censorship at Martinsville Public Library –
MARTINSVILLE, IL – For those of you that commented on the original article (even though we didn’t write it) saying we were accusing a librarian of using Nazi style tactics in attempts to ban and burn […]
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