Edgar Co. (ECWd) - It's not very often we see public bodies, let alone a state agency, take steps to correct illegal acts, but it appears someone in the Paris District 5 office "gets it" as corrective steps clearly have been taken. It turns out the Illinois...
DeKalb, IL. - NIU - (ECWd) - The crossroads of cronyism and procurement violations at Northern Illinois University appears to be a very busy intersection. In our November 20, 2015 article “NIU’s Ongoing OEIG Investigation Part 3” we looked at one issue that could be/should be...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - The citizens of Plainfield, Illinois are getting hosed by their Fire Department, and not by a fire hose. Their hard earned dollars collected through local taxes are now being used to buy Christmas presents. When asked what the gift was, they...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - College of DuPage (COD) Trustee McGuire sent the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) a letter in November as part of her own version of micromanaging the Administration's response to the HLC. Initially I believed that letter did nothing but seal a negative outcome...
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...
