72 caught by Edgar County Deputies in underage drinking party, others go unpunished –
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Sheriff’s Department has stated that 72 people were taken from an underage drinking party to the Edgar County Jail. This statement was released online this morning: “5/24/19 at approx 2345. Edgar County Sheriff Dept. received a report of cars blocking the roadway south of Vermilion. Upon arrival […]
Troy Eads ineligible to serve on Edgar County ETSB Board –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Troy Eads, a member of the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board, and also a part-time Deputy Sheriff with the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department, is ineligible to serve on the ETS Board because of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff. During this morning’s Edgar County Board meeting, a board member mentioned […]
Former Edgar County Jailer charged with failure to register as sex offender
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Earlier this month, Jason Ball was arrested and charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender and pleaded not guilty in Edgar County Circuit Court. Jason Ball is a former jailer for the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department and convicted sex offender (custodial misconduct); a condition of his probation until […]
UPDATE: DUI charged in crash with Sheriff’s Deputy
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – After an accident involving an alleged DUI, we can now confirm that Stacey Adams, Kansas, Il., was cited for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class A Misdemeanor), Posted a Bond of $100, her Driver’s License, and has a first appearance in front of Judge Lewis set for May 20, 2019 […]
Alleged DUI driver in crash with Edgar County Sheriff Deputy –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – On April 17, 2019 at approximately 2 p.m., there was a vehicular accident involving Edgar County Sheriff Deputy Adam Rhoads, who was responding to a call and traveling west on Highway 16, and Stacey Adams, who was traveling east on highway 16. Adams allegedly turned into the path of Deputy Rhoads […]
Edgar County: Hepatitis A outbreak –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – According to recent tips, and an article by WTHI (here), Edgar County has been included in the “Hepatitis A outbreak” in Illinois. Tips to our hotline pointed to cases of Hep-A at the Edgar County Jail, which we have already submitted a FOIA request to for more information, and WTHI reported […]
Edgar Co. Sheriff Jeff Wood failed to properly report campaign donations –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The “Jeff Wood for Sheriff” campaign apparently submitted at least one false or incomplete D-2 Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections, this one in October of 2018. Wood reported zero campaign donations for the duration of this 2018 campaign cycle, while at the same time running an advertisement in […]
Deer v Van accident – Edgar County
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) This just occurred about 3 miles south of Paris, Illinois on Illinois Highway 1. It appears a deer hit the van on the left, front side, which activated the van’s airbags. Edgar County Special Service Area Emergency Medical Services, Edgar County Sherriff’s Department, Paris Community Fire Protection District and the Paris Fire […]
Edgar County Sheriff Manhunt – Pleasant Hills Church area (Kansas, IL) –
EDGAR CO., (ECWd) – UPDATE from the ECSD: At 1238 hrs a citizen found two subjects in the area around the Pleasant Hill Church. When law enforcement arrived the male subject took off running and a female subject was apprehended. The male was chased on foot and was able to escape. Further investigation revealed the […]
Paris High School conducts pre-Prom DUI crash reenactment exercise –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Paris High School conducted its Biennial exercise designed to give their juniors and seniors an eye-opening “experience” of what can happen when you choose to drink and drive. This exercise involved PCHS students as the actors, the Edgar County Coroner, Templeton Funeral Homes, Stewart and Carrol Funeral Home, Edgar County Sheriff, […]