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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update 7-5-2015, 10:04 p.m.: Photo at bottom of this page. A short 3 second video of the suspect walking into the house is located at WTHI News (HERE) ----------------------- Paris Beacon News posted on about this on their Facebook page with a picture (HERE) ----------------------- From WTWO's...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - There was a suspected case of arson late last night that happened around 10:30 p.m. The scanner from last night indicated the entire second story was fully engulfed when the Fire Department arrived. Participating were the Oliver, Paris, and Marshal Fire Departments. According to...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Two recent arrests in Paris result in two being charges with child sex crimes. First was Austen Robinson. 19, of Elwood, Indiana, who was found in Twin Lakes Park with a 15 year old girl that first "met" him online, and he drove...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Early in April we received word that the Sheriff had conducted interviews for the open secretarial position due to the retirement of the previous secretary. In the interview process, the Sheriff invited Nanette Crippes, Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Director, "ETSB", and...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Emergency Telephone Systems Board meeting held February 9, 2015, a board member presented evidence that the 911 Dispatch Center had been operating without any license from the Illinois Department of Public Health since at least 2002. April of 2013,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, Chairman of the Edgar County ETSB (911) took this time to address the Edgar County Board on what Kirk Allen presented at the January Edgar County Board Meeting. He begins by apologizing for some of the information provided at the last...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - About 5-6 years ago I asked the County Chairman, Jim Keller, if an effort could be made to work towards improving our Telecommunications as it relates to 911 and our ISO score attributed to that specific entity. That scoring is directly tied...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - THIRTY months ago, the Edgar County State's Attorney sent a letter to the Illinois Attorney General asking for advice and opinion on a potential conflict of interest on a Sheriff and/or Deputy Sheriff sitting on the Edgar County Emergency Telephone Systems Board. The...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - There is never any shortage of material to write about when people like Mike Helstley are in office. Today was yet another prime opportunity to right the record so that the public knows the truth, not the fabrications created by Mr. Helstley, which...
