Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We published this article that detailed the private use of the public property by the Shelby County AFSCME union president. Shelby County Clerk Jessica Fox became aware of the misuse of county property after receiving our freedom of information request and receiving responses...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County AFSCME Union President Lisa Sweeny has tendered her resignation outlining July 5th, 2023, will be her last day. During a January 2023 special meeting, Sweeny read a prepared speech as the union president, and after the meeting Elizabeth Reagan handed out...
Illinois (ECWd) - Q: Are federal and state grand jury subpoenas subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act? A: The short answer is "YES" subpoenas are public records once served on their recipient, absent any court order sealing the specific subpoena. There have been numerous Illinois circuit...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - During a Special Meeting of the Paris Union School District 95, the board of education voted unanimously (with one abstention) to hire retired Paris (Crestwood) School District Superintendent, Lorraine Bailey, as the temporary superintendent for D-95 until the grant funding issues have...
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...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Dive Team was contacted by the Illinois State Police who sought their assistance in a search for what we understand is a missing person who may have drowned. We have reached out to Austin Prichard, the Shelby County Dive...
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...
