Edgar County

15 Dec IDOT's Bureau Chief of Transit Operations Giving Questionable Advice –

Posted at 10:15h in Clark County, Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, IDOT by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - This article is simply another in the long line of problems created when the Edgar County Board refuses to follow the law, even when that law and their proposed actions are pointed out to them well in advance of any decision they...

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14 Dec IDOT-D5 and IAHE's Chapter 5 President –

Posted at 14:04h in City of Paris, Edgar County, feature, IDOT by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE:  12-15-2015 @ 12:33 - The IAHE-IL website was updated to remove her information, but I had already saved a copy...

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14 Dec Strong Storms Bring Down Paris Community Christmas Tree –

Posted at 09:27h in City of Paris, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Strong storms moved thru the Paris, Illinois area last night leaving downed trees in its wake. One casualty was the community Christmas tree erected on the Edgar County Courthouse lawn a couple weeks ago.The tree was a project of the Paris Area Chamber...

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12 Dec IDOT District 5 In Paris Doing The Right Thing?

Posted at 18:16h in Edgar County, feature, IDOT by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Edgar Co. (ECWd) - It's not very often we see public bodies, let alone a state agency, take steps to correct illegal acts, but it appears someone in the Paris District 5 office "gets it" as corrective steps clearly have been taken. It turns out the Illinois...

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11 Dec Watchdogs Mentioned On "In The Loop" (WYCC-PBS) Chicago –

Posted at 09:18h in Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - It was recently brought to our attention that the Edgar County Watchdogs were mentioned on a televised segment of "In The Loop", which is broadcast on WYCC-PBS in the Chicago area. Go straight to the segment at the 16:00 minute mark where they...

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11 Dec Kings of Petty Politics Part 4 – “Repeat the Lie”

Posted at 08:41h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Finally, the Prairie Press finishes out their unwarranted attack on someone (me) who tried to verify a statement they quoted, by re-quoting what Farnham has already told them was misquoted. Maybe Nancy Zeman is still upset about my article on her...

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10 Dec Kings of Petty Politics Part 3 – “The Paperclip”

Posted at 22:30h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Kings of Petty Politics, Prairie Press, and their “Editorial” next try to equate a FOIA designed to determine if what they quoted county board member Farnham as saying was actually based on fact (Farnham says they misquoted him and won't...

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10 Dec Kings of Petty Politics Claim Watchdogs Harassing – Part 2

Posted at 19:21h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Kings of Petty Politics Part 2 – Claiming That Watchdogs are harassing. The Prairie Press Editorial Board says that: “In our opinion the Watchdog action has nothing to do with better government but is a petty action meant to harass because Wood...

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10 Dec The Kings of Petty Politics Cry Foul – Part 1

Posted at 17:06h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The “Kings of Petty Politics”, the Prairie Press, as evidenced by their coverage of the fake Edgar County 911 issues prior to the 2014 election have cried foul when we attempted to verify what they were reporting as statements made by an...

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10 Dec Election Board Lottery Determined Ballot Order For 2016 Primary Election –

Posted at 11:06h in 110, Champaign County, Clark County, Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Effingham County, feature, IL State Reps, Illinois Election, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Elections held the lottery on December 9, 2015, to determine ballot placement in the upcoming election. Ballot order for the 102nd Illinois State Representative District is  Brad Halbrook  Randy Peterson  Jim Acklin Ballot order for the 110th Illinois State Representative District (without...

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