The Paxton Pirates girls swimmers won a home meet on Wednesday. The lady Pirates won 129-121 over the Rantoul Hurricanes ...

Here are some sights from Wednesday's Pinto League championship game at Nelson Field in Paxton, which ended in a victory for ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Three Paxton residents — James D. Hawk Jr., ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board on Wednesday, June 25, approved the extension of the school district’s contract ...

To reflect additional costs incurred and revenue received — including about $1 million in rebates received for the ...

A blistering-hot and humid week in late June was not going to ruin anyone’s fun at the Ford County Fair in Melvin. Despite ...

For the second year in a row, the state of Illinois has chosen to underfund the backbone of its conservation infrastructure.

Ford County landowners are expected to receive their 2024 property tax bills in the mail soon, once due dates for payment are confirmed and publicly announced this week, Ford County Treasurer Krisha ...

Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court: FELONIES • John M. Peeler, 34, of Rankin, for two counts each of predatory criminal sexual assault (victim under age 13) and ...

The Ford County Board’s chairman, Chase McCall, and vice chairman, Carson Vaughn, both announced Tuesday, June 23, that their current terms on the board will be their last. The 37-year-old McCall, a ...

The Middle East has been at war seemingly since Moses wore short pants. Frankly, I figured they’d keep blowing up each other until the sun burned out or I shoot golf in the 70s, whichever comes first.

I do things for the dumbest reasons sometimes. I lost weight just to confuse my scales. I needed to lose weight for a long time. Not a lot of weight. My health has always been good, but the doctor ...