EDGAR CO. - The Illinois Attorney General has been given leave to appeal the court decision that required the People of the State of Illinois to pay the legal expenses incurred by former Edgar County States Attorney Michael McFatridge in the lawsuit involving the wrongfull convictions...
EDGAR CO - Breaking news this morning is that Herb Whitlock and Randy Steidl have won in their efforts to go to trial.  Former Edgar County States Attorney was seeking qualified and absolute immunity and Federal 7th Circuit Judge Baker Said NO! YES, States Attorneys, cops, and local government can be...
SPRINGFIELD - Reposted from the IllinoisTeaParty Youtube Page: FINALLY, Illinois State Representative Mike Bost has finally had enough of politics as usual in the State of Illinois and wants to know why they don't READ THE BILL. Bost erupted on the House floor Tuesday afternoon, after Mike...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Once again Rep. Adam Brown votes to screw the taxpayers. Brown was a NO vote and Rose was a YES vote. Amazingly, even triple-dipper Roger Eddy voted YES on the reform back in March.  HB5078 basically says that someone elected to two positions in different...
EDGAR CO. – Former Edgar County State’s Attorney Michael McFatridge sends a flaming email full of homosexually charged insinuations. Makes me wonder if he is yearning to come out of the closet or if he has personally performed any of these acts he knows so much...
EDGAR CO - On May 18, 2012, a final pretrial order was entered and filed in US District Court, Central District of Illinois in regards to a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit naming Edgar County as a defendant. We previously posted this article and this update on the case....
PARIS, IL - Here it is, and once again the local paper prints only what the board wants them to print. This has become their standard reporting practice . So if you want to see what ACTUALLY occured at the meeting watch the video. You can...
EDGAR CO - Like father like son - What can we say...
Dazed and Confused!  Senate Bill 1313, approved by both houses, basically brings an end to free employee health insurance for retired state employees yet many who ran on a ticket of conservative smaller government platforms voted against it. Locally that would be Adam Brown and Chapin...
It has come to our attention that school board member Sue Furnish has resigned her position as board member. A phone call to the Superintendent verified this. The board will publish the opening on the newspaper with instructions on how to apply....
