PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Randy Peterson, the current President of the Board of the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce was arrested on March 5, 2017, in Clinton, Indiana on the charge of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. According to a Clinton, Indiana newspaper clip we were sent, he was pulled...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Court heard Motions for Retrial yesterday in the case of Fred Cox, who was convicted by a jury last December, but whose sentencing was delayed due to inclement weather this past February, and delayed further when DNA results became available. We...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department has provided their report, including photos, on their inspection of B & J Restaurant in Paris, Illinois. We previously reported on this (B & J’s Restaurant: Customer Complained About Cockroaches, Got Banned From Restaurant) and said we would...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Following up on a previous article (here) which could turn out to be a case of wrongful prosecution and conviction, the Illinois State Police Crime Lab has provided the DNA testing results from samples taken from the underwear provided following allegations of...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - According to a customer of B & J's restaurant (aka "The Track Shack" as it is also known due to its proximity to the railroad tracks), he complained to the Edgar County Health Department about seeing cockroaches while eating in B &J's Restaurant. The...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Press Release, the Prairie Press and Paris Beacon-News will merge operations beginning Thursday, June 16, 2016. Tay Smith will serve as publisher for both publications. Touting bringing "local ownership" to both papers, Smith says the merger will allow both publications...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Over the past two years, a Federal Airport Grant was stopped THREE times: once due to a fraudulent grant application in which the former airport manager Jimmy Wells received a letter of appreciation for (even after it was known the grant application was...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Financial and Profession Registration has revoked the Cosmetology License # 011-2981120, of Truc Pham, Paris, IL. due to his submission of fraudulent documents in his application for licensure. View all IDFPR disciplinary actions from its March 2016 report below: [gview file="http://www.idfpr.com/Forms/DISCPLN/2016_03enf.pdf"] . Please consider a donation...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Board study session held on April 25, 2016, the board discussed several options they are contemplating with the county airport. develop zoning for the airport annex the airport into the City of Paris give the airport to the...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - The local governments in Edgar County owed the State of Illinois a total of $166,119.51 in overpayments the state made with the personal property replacement tax back in 2014. A list of all Edgar County overpayments are below, with the School Districts,...
