HEYWORTH – Four Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher High School wrestlers advanced to the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Official Association’s Fresh/Soph State Championships. At the IWCOA Heyworth ...

Here are some sights from Monday's match, which Monticello won 25-7, 24-26, 25-23 ...

ROCHESTER – Six Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher Middle School wrestlers will grapple at the IESA Class A state meet next weekend in DeKalb. Kasey Cargo and Brady Lowe earned their state berths via ...

I’m not sure how well-known it is, but writers steal from each other all the time. Songwriters, too. Joni Mitchell famously accused Bob Dylan of plagiarism. Johnny Cash talked openly about mining old ...

That’s the question facing voters in Buckley, who will decide via a binding referendum whether the town can secure the necessary financing to build its own sanitary sewer system and treatment plant, ...

PAXTON — Ford County Treasurer Krisha Whitcomb’s extended absences from her courthouse office in recent months have led to questions and concerns from residents, including whether she is working for ...

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City Restoration Association’s weekly Queen of Hearts drawings have been moved to the Horsch Radish restaurant at 209 N. Sangamon Ave. in Gibson City. The Horsch Radish will ...

PIPER CITY — Mark S. Stuckey, 75, of Piper City, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at his daughter’s home in Seneca. A private graveside service will be at Brenton Township Cemetery in Piper City. M r .

I’ve spent the last few weeks getting my seed-starting area — the basement — ready for the new season. I have wiped work tables, soaked small pots in bleach water and checked that my lights and ...

PONTIAC – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade volleyball team won 25-17, 25-11 over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in the IESA Class 3A regional quarterfinals. Tinley Eichelberger had six kills for PBL ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted in Indonesia of beating his then-girlfriend’s mother to death with a fruit bowl and hiding the body in a suitcase more than a decade ago pleaded not guilty ...

When a voter elects someone to run an office, do we expect that person to show up regularly to that office to work every day? Our current Ford County clerk and recorder, Amy Frederick, is at her ...