GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board is expected to approve a budget that shows a $1.2 million overall deficit for the 2026- 27 fiscal year, with red ink in six of the school ...

PAXTON — Ford County’s prosecutor has dismissed a home invasion charge filed against a Piatt County teenager who allegedly entered a Gibson City home, climbed into bed with a sleeping female and ...

PONTIAC — Illinois State Police will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in October in Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston and McLean counties, focusing on compliance with the state ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Public Health Department announced that Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Mark Ecker and the department have been recognized as members in good standing of the ...

DANVILLE -- Layne Harden, a 2019 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School graduate, was the overall Reserve Champion of the Hangin’ on Tight 2026 Rodeo Series. The season started on the weekend of April ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has made substantial progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, but it is not yet on track to meet its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. That’s ...

Greg Houtzel grills steaks for a Corn Belt Shrine Club fundraiser in downtown Gibson City on Thursday, Sept. 24, in conjunction with Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School’s homecoming parade.

Speaker and storyteller Michelle Gibbons portrays Anne Frank in a live performance entitled ‘Hidden but Heard: Tales from Anne Frank’s ‘Secret Annex’ on Monday, Sept. 28, at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior ...

GIBSON CITY — The former treasurer of the Angel Warriors, a nonprofit group that raised funds for veterans, cancer victims and others in need, made her first appearance in Ford County Circuit Court on ...

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Pam Bork, left, chapter regent for the Governor Thomas Ford Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, poses with Julie Barnes, past state insignia chairman, alongside an ...

GIBSON CITY — For the second time in three years, Ford County’s three public school districts could seek voters’ approval to establish a 1% countywide sales tax to support the upkeep and improvement ...