Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Strong storms moved thru the Paris, Illinois area last night leaving downed trees in its wake. One casualty was the community Christmas tree erected on the Edgar County Courthouse lawn a couple weeks ago.The tree was a project of the Paris Area Chamber...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Effective immediately, the College of DuPage Board of Trustees Chairman, Kathy Hamilton, has resigned citing personal reasons. The list of actions taken since becoming Chairman of the board is one that anyone pushing for government reform would be proud of. (Click here for...
Plainfield, IL. (ECWd) - While Trustee Mark Reynolds was on the Plainfield Fire Protection District Board, he engaged in a Conflict of Interest when he "abstained" from voting to create the new position of assistant chief, and then later participated in the vote to hire himself...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - With over 33,000 pages in the OEIG investigation of Northern Illinois University, there must be many instances of wrongdoing to review. We have already started listing some possibilities, including the hiring of the consultants Ron Walters, Dr.Wally Pfeiffer, and the Talance...
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...
