PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) - In a letter dated June 21, 2023, the Paris Union School District 95 School Board Chairman placed Superintendent Jeremy Larson on paid administrative leave following an ISBE Audit, an FBI search of his residence and a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena for records/testimony. He...
Peoria, Ill. (ECWd) - A Federal Grand Jury issued a 19-page subpoena to the Paris Union School District 95 on June 12, 2023, with a response demand by June 21, 2023. The subpoena, provided under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act by the school district was heavily...
DeKalb, Ill. (ECWd) - On June 20, 2023, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") published a nine-page determination that photos taken by Police License Plate Recognition ("LPR") cameras are subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). On Sep 20, 2022, a requester...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 16, 2023 IDNR announces 2023 schedule of waterfowl blind site drawings Drawings are for public hunting area waterfowl blind sites SPRINGFIELD – Waterfowl hunters are encouraged to mark their calendars for the upcoming waterfowl hunting blind drawings that will take place at numerous public...
PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Education sent us the following documents in response to our questions on the FBI search of District 95 Superintendent Jeremy Larson's home earlier this week. These are part of the $3.24 million in questioned or disallowed expenditures that...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - The ISBE has provided the following breakdown or its audit findings of District 95's Food Service Account and specifically identified unallowed expenditures and salaries: Unallowed Salaries includes a total of $113,840.00 for the following: principal, custodian, maintenance, business manager, admin assistant, technology,...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - According to the Illinois State Board of Education, routine audits have indicated that Paris School District 95 has until June 30, 2023, to address each finding in its final report and pay back the questioned costs and unallowed expenses. We will publish the...
PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) - The Federal Bureau of Investigations ("FBI") conducted a "search" on a Paris home located at 709 Tenbroeck Street, a few blocks north of the old Sav-A-Lot building. The Edgar County Assessor's office online GIS property search tool indicates the property is owned by...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - Below is Special Counsel Jack Smith's video statement on the indictment of Donald J. Trump. Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith: Related: Special Counsel’s Office – Jack Smith Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement Indictment, United States v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta, June 8,...
Chicago, Ill. (ECWd) - For Immediate Release:                                                      Contact: June 9, 2023                                                                        [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES FORMER SANGAMON COUNTY BOARD CANDIDATE WITH PERJURY, FORGERY Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a former candidate for Sangamon County Board was arraigned on charges he knowingly delivered...
