CHICAGO (AP) — A beluga whale died days after it was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive ...

GIBSON CITY — The former treasurer of a nonprofit group that raised funds for veterans, cancer victims and others in need has been charged in Ford County Circuit Court with felony theft after ...

GIBSON CITY — The city council chambers had an unusually large number of visitors on Monday, Aug. 24, as drainage issues from recent storms and a question of city membership in the Greater Gibson Area ...

PAXTON — Ford County’s Republican Central Committee has chosen former circuit clerk Kim Evans of Paxton and newly seated county board member Neil Rhoades of Gibson City as the party’s candidates for a ...

Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court, as released by Circuit Clerk Kasi Schwarz: FELONIES • Kelli A. Bell, 52, of Gibson City, for theft ($500 to $10,000). • Nancy ...

CISSNA PARK – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School baseball team won 4-1 over Cissna Park on Wednesday. Timber Withers struck out six batters and walked three while allowing no runs on one hit ...

Construction of a two-story apartment building continues Saturday, Aug. 29, at 120 W. Center St. in downtown Paxton where another building once stood.The new building will feature four units per floor ...

PAXTON — Attorneys for the five defendants in a lawsuit alleging female students were inappropriately touched by Paxton-Buckley-Loda teacher Rob Pacey and that administrators failed to report the ...

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PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity football team fell to 0-2 with a 52-14 loss to St. Joseph-Ogden on Friday. Lane McKinney started the game’s scoring by connecting with Lucas Waters for a ...

Here are some sights from Sunday’s Central Illinois Football League Junior and Senior games, which resulted in wins via 40-8 and 30-0 scores, respectively. Digital ...

CLINTON – Erin McCall is in her sophomore year at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School. She is also in her second year as a cross country runner for the school. On Saturday, she ran in the Clinton ...