BROCTON, IL. (ECWd) - There are still some diehard anti-police department people out there ranting about the "cost" of the Brocton Police Department, so we decided to show the actual net cost to the taxpayers of Brocton. First, from 2007 thru 2010, the net cost of the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Today, January 2, 2014, we logged our one millionth article view! Thank all of you for your support over the past 3 years, and your continued support in 2014. It promises to be an exciting year! The Edgar County Watchdog Team Link to our half-million article Stats since the...
PAXTON, IL. (ECWd) - The nearly year-long investigations of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department by the Edgar County Watchdogs and others, including the Paxton Record's Will Brumleve, placed this controversy on top of the list in the Paxton-Record for their top story of 2013. This story alone brought them...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Rosalee Dodson, Assistant Corporate Counsel for the City of Bloomington, has been caught signing her name to a lie. Whether she was aware of the lie or not is yet to be seen, but as the signatory she is the person responsible...
EFFINGHAM CO. (ECWd) -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â What happens to a society that allows law enforcement to break the laws, while at the same time they are the ones arresting others for breaking the law? Disrespect for starters, but more importantly, it whittles away what little public trust...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – So here we are, after over nine months of driving the conflict of interest train into the ground, up pops another one like in the old Whack-A-Mole game. Same player(s), different game. Most of you are well aware of the fact that a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In an article in today's Paris Beacon News meant to remind people of some of the more significant things that happened locally, there was one piece in particular that we have an issue with, and that is with the write-up on the...
ECWd - Illinois Societal breakdown was the only term I could come up with for what I see happening in our local elections.  Having seen it time and time again it became clear that emotions have become the steering wheel in most people's lives instead of...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In the past three articles on the false statements Jimmy Wells put into the fuel farm grant justification documents, we discussed false fuel sales numbers, Â false statements on the size of fuel tanks they are currently pulling Jet-A fuel out of,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - In our first article in this series, we revealed a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request for review that has been in the hands of Lisa Madigan for over 10 months. For those that think 10 months isn't so bad, this article is in reference to a FOIA...
