WATSEKA — Donald “J.R.” Ptacek, a former Loda Village Board member and onetime candidate for village president charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly chest-bumping another trustee after ...

PAXTON — A Champaign man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison on Monday, Sept. 14, after pleading guilty in Ford County Circuit Court to one count of armed robbery with a firearm, a Class X ...

PAXTON — The Paxton City Council authorized Police Chief Coy Cornett on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to spend up to $70,000 on the purchase of new portable radios for the police department. The 10 new Motorola ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Emergency Response Service now has a mutual-aid agreement in place with the Iroquois County Emergency Management Agency, with one expected soon with the Ford County EMA, as well.

PAXTON — A former dental office in downtown Paxton could become the temporary new home of Ford County’s probation department, whose officers have been working remotely ever since their courthouse ...

EAST ST. LOUIS — An adjunct instructor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is facing federal charges for allegedly using his university-issued credit card to pay for tens of thousands of ...

PAXTON — The schedule has been released for the 14th annual Paxton Swine ‘N’ Dine BBQ Contest & Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, in downtown Paxton. The event features a barbecue contest sanctioned by ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Joseph M. Kummer, 37, of Custer Park, was arrested for traveling to meet a minor, indecent solicitation of a ...

CHILLICOTHE – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 25-15, 25-17 to Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central on Saturday. Ellie Dirks and Hallee Johnson each had three kills for PBL (3-4, ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Democrats selected officers for the coming year during a meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Arcade Restaurant in Paxton. Tony Lee will serve as chairman, with Louise R.

People retire every day. I still do. Every day. But some people never really retire and just “keep on keepin’ on,’” as folk singer Len Chandler sang in the song with that title back in the ‘60s. The ...

CISSNA PARK – The Cissna Park High School volleyball team lost 26-24, 22-25, 25-20 to Salt Fork on Tuesday. Marina Day had 12 kills and three blocks while Ava Henrichs had 10 kills and Mady Marcott ...