Guest Writer, Bob Webb - Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to govern any other. John Adams To anyone who cares to pay attention it should be quite obvious that practically every government entity in this county is full of...
BROCKTON, IL (ECWd)Â - We attended the monthly city council meeting in Brocton, Illinois last night, August 8, 2012, and decided this meeting was deserving of a multipart article. Ordinance to Reinstate the Police Dpartment An ordinance to reinstate the police department, after what we believe to be a...
EDGAR CO. - After spending more than 14 months asking the Edgar County Board and the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB or 911) to recover payments for claims that we believe to be False Claims, we have taken the first step in filing a...
At the request of our local readers we are posting several more depositions in the Randy Steidl and Herb Whitlock case for your viewing. For anyone interested you can download the ENTIRE history through the governments web site, www.pacer.gov  You will have to register an account and...
PARIS, IL. - There was a house fire on Carroll Street this afternoon. It started around 5:00 P.M. and the house was a total loss. Two adults, Adam and Ginger Calloway, and three teenagers lived in the house at the time. No injuries reported, everyone got out of the...
Who truly got the ISP involved to investigate the Official Misconduct of the jailers Kent Rhoads and Jason Ball? The investigation reports reveal some very interesting questions. In an ISP interview report Debra Dee Ford received information that concerned her enough to contact the past State's...
EDGAR CO - We have just received information that Dee Burgin is no longer a Deputy in the Edgar County Sheriff Department. This comes after the 30 day appeal period for the guilty verdict from the Civil Rights Lawsuit he and Terry Rogers lost expired. We...
What happens when you hire your buddy or your buddies buddy as part of the ongoing good old boy policy in this County? You get the good old boy that in many cases doesn’t know his back side from his front side, literally! The idea of...
On the 1 year anniversary of the Edgar County Watchdogs, I would like to extend our gratitude for all of the citizens who provided tips to us and those who visit our website. Without you none of this could happen. We would also like to...
Dignity? Part II  Can anyone honestly claim former Sheriff Tim Crippes should not be charged with official misconduct in relation to the attempted cover up of the jailers who were later convicted? Yes, cover up! The record stands on it own!  (720 ILCS 5/33.3) (from Ch. 38,...
