EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - On May 22, 2013, Chandra Smith, former bookkeeper at the  Edgar County Health Department, plead guilty of amended Class 1 Felony Theft Charges. We previously reported in these articles about the situation when she was officially charged in mid-Oct of 2011. From Judici: Deft enters a plea of guilty...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Sentencing day finally arrived for Anita Rhodes, who plead guilty on October 4 , 2012 to Aggravated Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol - a Class 2 Felony, which resulted in the deaths of 2 individuals in an incident that happened on the...
 Your Call to Action- Did the Quinn Administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? by administrator | Tuesday May 28, 2013 1:06 pm YOUR CALL TO ACTION Did the Quinn administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? Is the administration now engaged...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - We were asked by several people in Dewitt County to look into a few matters after they witnessed what we were able to accomplish in Iroquois County. The key to those accomplishments lie not on what we did, as much as what...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - This is an update from this article published on Sep 21, 2012. I spoke with the attorney from the Illinois Attorney General's office this week about the FOIA request for review I submitted after Crestwood School denied my request for security camera video from...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Illinois Supreme Court, on May 23, 2013, filed the opinion on former Edgar County State's Attorney Michael McFatridge v Lisa Madigan. This case involved McFatridge, and whether the taxpayers were responsible for his litigation expenses after being sued in the course...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Hypocrisy at the highest level, but that shouldn't surprise anyone in this county when we're dealing with people that don't know what being honest or doing the right thing means. I think most are fully aware of the underhanded actions by several of...
FORD/IROQUOIS COs. (ECWd) - In light of all the great things that happen today with the Ford Iroquois Public Health Department (FIPHD) we must not overlook the fact had key people done their jobs in the first place none of today's events would have been necessary. Who...
FORD/IROQUOIS COs (ECWd) - Doug Corbett is finally getting to see how good government handles things when you violate the peoples trust. In March we attended an Iroquois County Board meeting and praised them for taking action against the things going on with the FIPHD. I covered...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Some may remember just last month in this article where Chris Patrick determined my use of a certain word was out of line. Now we fast forward to today, when he used that same word and another one much more vulgar during...
