Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Paris Union School District 95 School Board has scheduled a special board meeting for Monday, June 26, 2023, at 5 p.m. On the agenda is the "Adoption of Temporary Superintendent Agreement" after a closed session portion of the meeting. The public is invited to...
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...
New York - (ECWd) - James O'keefe, the founder of Project Veritas which is known for exposing numerous corrupt practices by both government and private agencies, finds himself on the receiving end of what appears to be a scathing exposure of his activities within his own...
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...
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,...
