District 95 Superintendent Larson Placed On Paid Administrative Leave Following FBI Raid And Grand Jury Subpoena –
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 was also prohibited from being on any school […]
James O’Keefe and Others Being Sued By Project Veritas And Veritas Action Fund –
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 organization. In addition to O’keefe, his new company, Transparency […]
Federal Grand Jury Issued Subpoena To Paris School District 95 –
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 redacted, and we have appealed those redactions to […]
AG: DeKalb’s License Plate Recognition Camera Photos Are Subject To FOIA –
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 asked for “copies of the photos or videos […]
Shelby County – Reading Statutes In Isolation Leads to Circulation Of Misinformation & Creates Division
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 it has not only drawn a great group of […]
Shelby County – Yes, They Should Be Pissed – As Should The Public
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 year that is paid by property owners in […]
IDNR announces 2023 schedule of waterfowl blind site drawings
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 hunting areas throughout Illinois in July […]
ISBE: D-95 Audit Findings and Monitoring –
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 apparently gave rise to the FBI’s search of […]
ISBE: District 95 Food Service Account’s Unallowed Expenditures and Salaries –
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, and curriculum director. Unallowed Expenditures include 82 transactions totaling […]
ISBE: District 95 had $3.24 million in questioned costs, unallowable expenditures and salaries, including over $1.6 million from Food Service –
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 final report with more information in a later […]