BUCKLEY — Pending the issuance of a building permit from Iroquois County, construction of a 50-megawatt solar farm and 10-megawatt battery storage facility near Buckley is projected to begin this fall ...

CHAMPAIGN – The University of Illinois football team entered the first day of preseason practice on Monday with a 110-man roster, including 56 new players. It was the first of 25 practices before ...

PAXTON — To some, the roadside ice cream shop at 349 N. Railroad Ave. in Paxton will always be known as Dairy Queen, just as it had been since 1954. The name change that happened there Saturday, Aug.

PAXTON — The supplier of official Pokémon merchandise for Game Changer Sports Shop in Paxton is suing a wholesale distributor, claiming a breach of contract. A four-count lawsuit was filed in Ford ...

Not that you care; it’s just necessary to note for this story: I wear a mask over my eyes when I sleep. I tend to work at night, so I sleep during daylight hours; thus the sleep mask. Not that there’s ...

We began this series last time from Psalm 88 that touches on despair, despondency and depression. I briefly referenced the life of 19th-century pastor and author Charles Spurgeon and his struggle with ...

GILMAN — Sydney Lynn Franck-Reuter, 11, of Gilman, died Monday, July 20, 2026, at her home. Arrangements were incomplete at the Knapp-Redenius Funeral Home in Gilman. She was born May 20, 2015, in ...

Kirk Hagen of Gibson City, Illinois passed away at home on July 23, 2026. He was born on March 28, 1965 to Larry Hagen and Ruthie Weed in Jacksonville, Illinois. Kirk worked for IFF in Gibson City for ...

TOLONO — Greta Ellen Siemsen, 76, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Gibson City and the Champaign area, died Saturday, July 18, 2026, at Memory Haven in Tolono. Visitation was from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, ...

PAXTON — Moments before she was sentenced to 90 days in the Ford County Jail and 30 months of probation, former Paxton pharmacist Jenna Vogel apologized for having stockpiled thousands of prescription ...

KANKAKEE — Former Iroquois County Public Health Department administrator Dee Ann Schippert’s jury trial is no longer set for October. Charged in March 2024 with 33 felonies — including eight counts of ...

PAXTON — The Missouri-based Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy and an affiliated watchdog group based in that same state are suing four public school districts and two villages in Ford County ...