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A one-vehicle accident resulted in the closure of E 800th Road south of Paris on the morning of Friday, July 14.
A truck hauling a load of logs to the Potts Lane Landscape Waste Facility …
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By Robby Tucker and Daniel Briseño
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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7/14/23
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Final rehearsals are underway for the Paris Community Theater production of the musical “All Shook Up” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 14-15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 16 at the Paris …
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Nancy Zeman
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7/8/23
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A derecho storm swept through Edgar County Thursday with shock and awe and left the county without power, damaging homes and agricultural crops.
Trees throughout the county were uprooted and …
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Prairie Press Staff Report
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7/1/23
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After nearly two weeks of silence, the Paris Union School District 95 Board of Education held its first meeting since three Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) reports revealed over $3.24 …
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By ROBBY TUCKER
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6/26/23
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After a relatively quiet week, more information concerning District 95 Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Larson is now available.
According to a letter distributed to The Prairie Press and signed …
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By ROBBY TUCKER
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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6/22/23
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After a team of FBI agents searched the home of Paris Union School District 95 Superintendant Jeremy Larson on Tuesday, June 13, the Illinois State Board of Education released a statement identifying …
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BY Robby Tucker
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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6/14/23
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A two-vehicle collision occurred in Paris on the morning of Tuesday, June 13. The vehicles collided between Taco Bell and R & J Stores on Jasper Street.
No fatalities occurred. One driver …
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By Robby Tucker
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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6/13/23
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April Burns, the founder and operator of the soap company Sage and Prim, is on a multi-faceted mission.
“I don’t know if it is the climate at large, but we are in a time where people …
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BY BRYCE GLADDING
gladdiningbryce@gmail.com
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6/10/23
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An informational tea is 2 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at the 1870 House & Gardens, 423 W. Court St., Paris, for any young lady wanting to participate in the 2023 Miss Edgar County Fair Queen pageant. …
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Special to The Prairie Press
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6/3/23
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CHICAGO – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved disaster declarations for the severe weather that occurred on March 31st and April 4th, according to an announcement made …
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Special to The Prairie Press
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5/9/23
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“One in five kids is sexually extorted online,” said Rich Wistocki of Be Sure Consulting during a presentation on sextortion Friday, May 5, at Shiloh School.
Shiloh and Kansas junior …
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BY DANIEL BRISENO
daniel@prairiepress.net
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5/8/23
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Monday, April 10’s Paris 95 Board of Education meeting featured a briefing on poverty within the district and a pair of bittersweet goodbyes.
District 95 Superintendent of Schools …
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BY ROBBY TUCKER
rwtucker@prairiepress.net
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4/17/23
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As of Tuesday, March 14, Paris has its own sculpture paying homage to the iconic Eiffel Tower. While other cities, like Paris, Texas, and Paris, Tenn., boast their own recreations of the popular …
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By Robby Tucker
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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3/20/23
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Locally-owned businesses offer invaluable spaces and services to small-town communities but are often forced to compete with corporations with no budget or manpower constraints. Add two years of …
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By Robby Tucker
rtucker@prairiepress.net
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3/13/23
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General Wilma Vaught was one of 17 individuals awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony July 7.
“She enlisted in the 1950s because she wanted to be a …
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By GARY HENRY
ghenry@prairiepress.net
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7/18/22
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