GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Youth Football Mighty Mites won 22-8 over Paxton-Buckley-Loda in the Central Illinois Football League playoff semifinals on Saturday. The Falcons (8-1) will ...

PAXTON — The former Market Street Dental building in downtown Paxton is the new home of Ford County Probation & Court Services. A sign added to the facade of the building at 140 N. Market St. on ...

I concluded my previous article by noting that for Christians, because we’re united to Christ, God is with us no matter what we’re facing. Today we continue our series from Psalm 74. We left off ...

PAXTON — A northeast Louisiana man staying in Chicago has been arrested on a Ford County warrant charging him with burglary in connection with the theft of a bag of cash in August from the Hardee’s ...

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 ...

We moved to a farm in Ford County about 1986. We were very fortunate to have great neighbors — Ron and Roseanne Moore and Ronald and Carol Bielfeldt — whose advice and help mattered significantly.

ALEDO — After decades spent working in agriculture, stepping away from farming was not a decision Donnie Peterson could make overnight. “It wasn’t easy, but I realized it was time to let go,” said ...

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 ...

PAXTON — Two raised signs — one 80 and the other 25 feet high — could soon be put around the Interstate 57 interchange in Paxton to advertise the 76-brand fuel station and still-undisclosed fast-food ...

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 ...

PONTIAC – Lily Sizemore and Izzy Gawthorp of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls golf team advanced to the sectional round of the IHSA Class 1A postseason. “It feels really good,” Gawthorp said.

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 ...