GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade boys basketball team defeated Blue Ridge 48-6 on Tuesday. Ben ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade boys basketball team lost 25-15 to Cissna Park on Tuesday. Kasen Rust had seven points for PBL while Rhett Adkins, Aiden Lavender, Tristen Boehme and ...

The voter turnout eclipsed 70% in Ford and Iroquois counties for the Nov. 5 general election, with the presidential race the ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance garnered 73.04% of the vote in Ford County and 77.88% in ...

PAXTON — With the sun peeking through the clouds on a calm Wednesday morning in downtown Paxton, the city’s longtime mayor, ...

Did you know there is a website where you can see grant awards through the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic ...

As many of you know, some of my past columns have been focused on the undecided voters who likely determined the recent ...

Mark Fredricksen attended Tuesday’s Paxton Park Board meeting to express interest in joining the board. The board has four ...

BEAVERVILLE — A St. Anne man died in a one-vehicle crash Thursday, Nov. 7, in rural Beaverville in northern Iroquois County. The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Hubert, 68, was pronounced ...

Piper City Rehab & Living Center, a 60-bed longterm care facility that for 52 years has called Piper City home, is reportedly ...

Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court: FELONIES • Billy D. King, 44, of Mansfield, for failure to register a new address as a sex offender. • Denise L. Thornton, 56, ...

The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Office released the following list of recent activity: n Casey Fico, 31, of Alsip, was arrested for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic ...