PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On December 11, 2014, Theresa Michelle Smith, 55 years old, turned herself in on warrants issued out of Edgar County for two felony counts that include: Case Number: 14-CF-191 -Financial exploitation of elderly/disabled $300 - $5,000 -Financial exploitation of elderly/disabled $100,000 + No further information is...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - . Yes, this the FIFTH blade which we have become aware of in Invenergy's Vermilion County, Illinois project. . Let's reminisce: Remember when Invenergy's spokesperson said that "All defective blades were replaced this winter." on May 7th, 2014 over in Nebraska? THEN, on May 8th (the...
MICHIGAN - From "Farmer's Exchange" - Published: Friday, December 12, 2014 After this year's hubbub over Right-to-Farm Act relevance to urban farming, Michigan Farm Bureau members fine-tuned their Right-to-Farm policies during their 95th annual meeting in Grand Rapids. Tasked with writing guidance for the organization in 2015 as...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Public Library District's public relations employee, Bridget Bittman's personal civil suit against Megan Fox, Kevin DuJan, and others appears to be a weak attempt at silencing critics of the library's stance to not filter internet access and refusing to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Those pesky Board Directives keep rearing their ugly head for College of DuPage (COD) President Breuder. We covered his spending of taxpayer funds without authority in this article (click here for article) and it appears this is a guy who just does what...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its regular December meeting yesterday. Among the things acted on were: Appointed the new Supervisor of Assessments - Approved the new committee appointments of board members (click here). One thing to note, is that Heltsley has been appointed to the...
University of Illinois (ECWd) - So, not only do they give the award to people defending free public access to child porn (under the guise of defending Intellectual Freedom), but at least one of the trustee admitted to, and was caught on video, spewing homophobic slurs...
JERUSALEM — It is our understanding that Adam E. Livvix went to school in Marshall. His late father was Darrell Livvix, who ran Custom Films and he still has relatives in the area. Update: It is reported that he is currently considered a resident of Texas (article...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - THIRTY months ago, the Edgar County State's Attorney sent a letter to the Illinois Attorney General asking for advice and opinion on a potential conflict of interest on a Sheriff and/or Deputy Sheriff sitting on the Edgar County Emergency Telephone Systems Board. The...
From "For The Good of Illinois":  In public debates of spending, no one invokes Nazis unless they're losing, or unless they have something to hide. Forced Disclosure Leads to Governance Concerns at College of DuPage (COD) RebootIllinois.com | December 8, 2014 Please Read my column Click here Invoking Nazi Tyranny...
