Jim Fox was a man who cared a lot. In 1968, the Paxton Merchants started their association with the Eastern Illinois Baseball ...

A second lawsuit has been filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleging the repeated inappropriate touching of students by ...

Here are some sights from Sunday's doubleheader, which the Giants won 11-1 in Game 1 and 4-2 in Game 2 ... Sorry! An active ...

Roberta Ruth Martin, 88 of Gibson City, died at 1:44 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Baier ...

The construction of an enclosed breezeway linking Ford County’s jail and courthouse is still being considered to eliminate ...

Button Township Highway Commissioner Ron Hilligoss told the Ford County Board during a special meeting Monday, June 30, that ...

Here are some sights from Wednesday's Pinto League championship game at Nelson Field in Paxton, which ended in a 6-3 victory ...

Glenn V. Cothern, 82, of Plainfield, Illinois formerly of the Gibson City and Elliott area passed away at 12:24 pm Tuesday June 24m 2025 at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Joliet. Visitation will be ...

Maureen Mae Fuoss, 86, of Buckley passed away at 3:50 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2025 at Accolade Healthcare of Paxton on Pells. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 7, 2025 at Baier Family ...

LOVINGTON - Harold L. Merkle, 74, of Lovington, passed away 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at his home. Memorial graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Keller ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Three Paxton residents — James D. Hawk Jr., ...

A blistering-hot and humid week in late June was not going to ruin anyone’s fun at the Ford County Fair in Melvin. Despite ...