Will Co. (ECWd) - The DuPage Township Supervisor and two trustees, Oliver and Burgess, approved the township tax levy over the objections of two other trustees, Benford and Raga during the last board meeting (video here). Benford went into great detail, to include providing a PowerPoint...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - A new filing for a preliminary injunction as part of a civil right lawsuit in Federal Court has asked the court to close the Edgar County Jail until such time that it meets minimum state, constitutional and insurance requirements. Other items requested in...
United States (ECWd) - Hearing all the claims of wasteful spending in the so called COVID 19 Relief bill recently passed by the House and Senate, we felt it our duty to provide an actual copy of the bill so that everyone can go straight to...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - We have written about this several times over the past few years, but we always find another one. We call on the Joliet Park District Board of Commissioners to immediately amend its Board Manual to eliminate ALL "Commissioner Privileges", as any alleged privileges...
United States (ECWd) - We are posting this without comment so those interested may read it on their own. HERE or below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf"] ...
United States (ECWd) - President Trump has filed a Writ of Certiorari with the US Supreme Court in relation to the multiple rulings by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the elimination of statutory requirements regarding signature verification, the right of campaigns to challenge invalid mail ballots,...
IL. (ECWd) - The below video includes discussions with Attorney Tom DeVore regarding the status of the Bailey v. Pritzker case, the various consolidated cases, and other items of interest. It runs 26 minutes. Enjoy: ...
Champaign, IL. (ECWd) - At 10 a.m. this morning, there was a protest and rally in front of the Champaign County Public Health District in support of local food service businesses impacted by the shutdowns. There were around 150-200 people present. Video is below, with photos at the...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT TO THE ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AUTHORITY James Rowe will serve on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.* Rowe serves as the State’s Attorney for the Kankakee County State’s Attorneys’ Office where he prosecutes violations of criminal statutes and represents the County...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - Shelby County Auxiliary Sheriff's Deputy Rodney Stanfill was charged in Fayette County last month with allegations of Class A Misdemeanor of operating a used car dealership without a license. This comes after he was charged earlier this year with a Class 4...
