Identical open-records requests made three months apart have resulted in two curiously different responses from the ...

The CRIS Rural Mass Transit District has expanded its public transportation services into Ford County and is working to get ...

Members of the public unable to attend the Ford County Board’s regular monthly meetings in Paxton will soon be able to listen ...

A former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley coach and teacher charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for alleged ...

Chloe Tjarks, a Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School senior to be, is one of the four students who were selected to be ...

We recently met with plant manager Sergio Baruffi and supply manager Luciano Diaz from Incobrasa Industries in Gilman to get ...

Being crowned Little Miss Iroquois County Fair “felt like I was in a dream,” said Tinley Rust of Loda. Her crowning on Tuesday was the subject of a past drawing. “I like drawing a lot,” Rust said. “I ...

The Paxton Buckley-Loda school district is enlisting the help of the Illinois Association of School Boards to find its next superintendent. During its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 9, the ...

All of us at some point feel stressed. According to the Occupational and Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, “more than 80% of U.S. workers have reported experiencing workplace ...

My late father, never one for delicacy, used to call me a suspicious bastard. He meant it as a loving critique. I took it as a compliment. Maybe it’s because I grew up in Chebanse, Illinois — a town ...

Emergency repairs will be made to failed components of Paxton’s wastewater treatment plant as longterm solutions are explored, as well, to determine what other upgrades and repairs should be made to ...

The Ford County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the community about a recent scam targeting a Ford County resident. According to he sheriff’s office, a resident recently received a call from someone ...