WILLIAMSON CO., IL. (ECWd) - Robert Abernathy and Dale Thomas, two men from Edgar County (Paris, specifically) in tractor-trailer were uninjured in this two-vehicle incident down in Williamson County. A man from Marion driving a Cadillac rolled over and was transported to a local hospital. Abernathy...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This is a public rebuttal of a public comment made by David Jerome, a Collinsville Alderman, and also an attorney. He commented on Facebook about the article entitled "Collinsville Alderwoman Cheryl Brombolich settled a lawsuit in contradiction with the law, receives $200,000"...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Clark County, Illinois taxpayers are on the hook for another fine from the IRS, for filing late, or not filing at all. The issue originally came to light several years ago when the Clark County Sheriff's Office could not find their Social...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - A request for review was filed with the Attorney General Public Access Office (AG PAC) regarding an alleged Open Meetings Act violation by the Algonquin Township Board during their April 11th, 2018 meeting. This is an allegation that the Algonquin: Township Board has...
NORMAL, IL. (ECWd) - Three days after we wrote about Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Commissioner Beth Whisman's disqualification from that office, she chose to resign (see original article here). According to an article posted to WJBC's website (here), the Airport Authority's attorney gave a legal opinion that she...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - East Oakland Township board members and Road District Commissioner were recently called out for allowing the illegal parking of personal property inside the Township Buildings. Those actions were in violation of the law and once exposed we understand they removed all the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Paris High School conducted its Biennial exercise designed to give their juniors and seniors an eye-opening "experience" of what can happen when you choose to drink and drive. This exercise involved PCHS students as the actors, the Edgar County Coroner, Templeton Funeral Homes,...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - During its April Board of trustees meeting, an email was circulated and discussion held detailing an alleged theft from the District by former office manager Lisa Rigdon, in which the auditing firm calculated a discrepancy of 170 hours overpayment in the form...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District, during its April 2018 board meeting and briefly discussed water rates. During public comment, I urged them to charge new [service area] customers a rate commensurate with the cost of providing them with water service, instead of saddling the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd)- In yet another example of why the general public is so fed up with their local government, we only need to look at what those officials tell the media and how information is being reported. On November 23rd, 2017, I sent a follow-up email...
