GIBSON CITY — As executive director of the Greater Gibson Area Economic Alliance, Matt Burns’ philosophy for improving the economy of Gibson City and the surrounding area is to “start as close to home ...

Tri-Point school district officials made Scott Saffer an offer he could not refuse. Like a college football or basketball coach making a pitch to an athlete they wanted to play for them, they ...

After 32 years of teaching agriculture and serving as FFA chapter advisor at Paxton-Buckley Loda High School, Mike White is “graduating,” as he calls it, at the end of this school year. “I’m looking ...

BUCKLEY — Heather’s Kitchen at 310 S. Railroad Ave. in Buckley is offering lunches through the Peace Meal program starting at 10 a.m. each weekday. Following are the menus for upcoming weeks, with all ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country. Some U.S. doctors are worried about the potential for a bad ...

PONTIAC — A former Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School teacher pleaded guilty to felony charges of grooming and indecent solicitation of a child Wednesday and was allowed to be released from custody ahead ...

RANKIN — Rankin Township High School graduate Jim Fitzhenry fondly remembers growing up in the small Vermilion County village. His class of 1968 had a whopping 19 students, and he said his sister’s ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Sheriff’s Office issued 44 traffic citations in April, including 22 for speeding, six for disobeying a traffic sign and four each for operating an uninsured vehicle and ...

Derek Stark, assistant athletic director for major gifts at the University of Illinois, speaks to members of the Gibson City Lions Club during the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 28. Stark ...

Elected officials from the village of Buckley and Artesia Township help unload unwanted items for disposal from residents’ vehicles last weekend during Buckley’s annual spring townwide cleanup days.

LODA — The Loda Township Library’s book club meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, to discuss “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen. People interested in joining the book club are asked to contact the ...

WATSEKA — The Iroquois County Emergency Management Agency fully transitioned from the Hyper- Reach mass-notification system to the Regroup mass-notification system on Friday, May 1, meaning ...