Here are some sights from Thursday's game at Monticello, which GCMS won 64-18 ... Sorry! An active online subscription is ...

A Ford County rivalry rematch saw a reversal of fortune on Thursday. Nine days after the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley won at ...

MONTICELLO – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity girls basketball team came into the Monticello Holiday Hoopla looking to ...

You remember Redd Foxx on the old Sanford and Son TV show. When he was under stress, he’d clutch his chest and yell out, ...

To show any kind of weakness is often seen as an admission of defeat, and to ask for help is to paint oneself a target for ...

A 41-year-old Rantoul man wanted on an arrest warrant in connection with a Nov. 7 hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in ...

Two nursing homes in Ford County were cited for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act during the third quarter of 2024, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The IDPH posted its ...

I walked this earth without my best friend by my side for the first time since I was 15 years old. Allow me to tell you a little bit about Zeus. The basics: neutered male, longhair, tuxedo coloring, ...

You look up through the predawn sky at the half-moon lighting the darkness with its brilliance. The stars sparkle, or maybe it’s twinkle, and dot the sky like light shining through a lace curtain. On ...

Gibson City-Melvin Sibley school district outdoor recreational spaces could be getting millions of dollars in upgrades. The GCMS school board on Wednesday, Dec. 18, reviewed design concepts for an ...

PAXTON — Lake Iroquois resident Glenn Miller, a native of Paxton and graduate of Paxton High School, has been hired as the Ford County Public Health Department’s next administrator and is expected to ...

As I lit a cigarette on the back deck at my Paxton home on Saturday evening, all the pain I held in my heart spilled out from within. I collapsed to my knees, sobbing uncontrollably as my head sank to ...