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...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Over the years we have seen an increase of interest in county government in Shelby County. Past meeting attendance was basically nonexistent whereas now, after our live-streaming of meetings for years, the public interest has grown. This is a good thing as...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In a previous article, we shared the video of the Shelby County Legislative Committee meeting where they were informed they would be pissed if they knew what was going on with county computers on the internet. Shelby County adopts a tax levy every...
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...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - It appears while some have taken the path of spreading lies and misinformation about issues in the county, the actual truth may lie in the public records of Shelby County and be exposed by a vendor. For the last few months several people,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Justification on the law be damned Once again, during discussions on the leasing of the farm, we heard Ms. Cole point to 25 other counties that are leasing their ground. She failed to point out that several of those are doing it legally...
