A Ford County resident has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ford County Public Health Department (FCPHD) was notified of a positive test result, according to state and local public health protocol. The individual is a male in his 70s and is in the hospital. Public hea…
A man in his 50s is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Iroquois County.
LUDLOW — The village board approved a redrafted ordinance of the water rates — altering an ordinance that had been drafted last June.
Ford County has released the Primary Election results from Tuesday evening.
As concerns over the spread of the coronavirus continue to mount, Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he is ordering all public and private schools in Illinois to close for nearly two weeks, starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Effective immediately, there is to be no Head Start or Early Head Start pr…
PBL Clara Peterson’s students participated in Kid’s Heart Challenge during the month of February.
Gibson City Middle School has listed its third quarter honor rolls.
Schools in Illinois will be closed from March 17-30.
The 10-year Census will be beginning very soon and it’s important for everyone to be counted.
Makenna Ecker of Paxton has been named student of the month for February at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School.
Corinne DiLorenzo was in court Thursday on the charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.
Last month there was a security breach within Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative, and work has been done to correct the matter.
Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year consisted of 667 students from 27 states and 15 countries. The following local students made the list:
Graduating seniors planning to continue their education in the field of agriculture should apply for one of the scholarships to be awarded by the Ford-Iroquois Farm Bureau Foundation, according to a news release.
There were many happy shoppers this past fall at the Clara Peterson and PBL Jr High book fairs. The schools held their book fairs in September and October and students were able to purchase some of their favorite new books, according to information from the school.
A discussion about purchasing a new truck evolved into talk about how to do more sidewalk replacement in town. The Paxton City Council voted to buy a one ton diesel truck. The Ford truck itself will be purchased from Worden Martin, Champaign, for $40,320. The addition of a stainless dump bed…
State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) recently welcomed members of several Illinois Farm Bureaus to the Illinois Senate, according to information from Rose's office.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified during an investigation into an outbreak in Wu…
SPRINGFIELD–The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local, state, and federal health partners to take all preventative steps available to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While COVID-19 is not spreading in communities in Illinois or the U.S., t…
Senior Leah Brown and sophomore Eva Hileman were voted December and January's Paxton Buckley Loda High School Artist of the Month, according to information from the school.
Kirsten Wyatt, PBL High School Agriculture teacher, has been awarded a $500 Empowering Education Grant from Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative, according to information provided. Wyatt is using the grant to go towards the PlasmaCam CNC Plasma Table System that will provide a modern hands-on…
Each month the junior high selects students from each grade level as students of the month. Students are selected by their teachers and it is an honor to receive this recognition. Students that are selected are given a certificate, have their picture put in the hallway and Ford Record, and h…
People are invited to join the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Iroquois and Ford County to Kick Off the 2020 Relay For Life season, according to information provided.
KANKAKEE — Illinois Sheriffs are raising alarms that a recent policy change by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) allows dangerous felons to be released back into Illinois communities, according to a news release. This is occur-ring despite valid requests by federal immigration au…
Area students are getting a first-hand look at the businesses that shape this area.
PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda FFA chapter members, Kierstyn Lyons, Macee Jensen, Alexis Putnam, Jazmyn Kurland and Hope Watts, attended the annual 212-degree conference Feb. 7 and 8 in Decatur.
The Roberts Village Board had its regular meeting Feb. 3.
PAXTON — The recent high school boys game between Watseka and Paxton-Buckley-Loda wasn’t just about basketball.
The GCMS High School Chorus Department will perform Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at 7 p.m. on March 13 and March 14 in the GCMS High School gymnasium.
Gibson City — Trade publication Becker’s Healthcare has released its 2020 list of leaders making a positive impact on their organizations. This year’s featured CEOs lead hospitals consistently recognized by the National Rural Health Association, American Hospital Association and HIMSS as top…
The mayor of Roberts told the Ford County Board that the village doesn’t want to hurt Sibley and the Gibson City Melvin Sibley school district and keep those entities from a new source of tax income. Richard Flessner said the village board rescinded a resolution objecting to proposed changes…
The sale of the city’s airport to a North Carolina man who intends to use it for his crop-dusting business should be complete next month. Mayor Bill Ingold said David Hrupsa, of Roper, N.C., who owns Atlantic Ag Aviation Inc., has reviewed the proposed contract and the city council should vo…
Critical first responder training being cancelled due to lack of funding
Responding to the increasing number of people wanting to assist law enforcement officials and build a stronger partnership in the fight against crime, Sheriff Mark Doran Feb. 19 announced that Ford County citizens are being invited to become associate members of the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association.
MONTICELLO, INDIANA — White County suffered a monumental hit Tuesday when Apex Parks Group announced it will close Indiana Beach.
URBANA – Central District of Illinois U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox, Springfield Division, announced that 15 Central Illinois men were arrested over the weekend related to an FBI Operation conducted in Kankakee County, according to a news release.…
Payton Kean is the February Student of the Month at GCMS High School.
SPRINGFIELD – While some hazards such as storms, tornadoes and floods can be forecasted in order to provide advance noticed to residents in an area of danger, other hazards such as earthquakes cannot be predicted. Recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean are perfect examples that …
Ford-Iroquois Farm Bureau will sponsor two Viewpoint Breakfast Meetings. The first meeting will be Feb. 20, at Happy Days Diner in Roberts. The second meeting will be March 3, at the Farm Bureau in Gilman, according to information from the Farm Bureau.
Iroquois County Clerk Lisa Fancher announced recently she is looking for individuals willing to work as Election Judges on Election Day, March 17, according to information provided.
The Frederick Community Bank has joined the list of area businesses and private donors participating in The PBL Education Foundation’s Pillar Campaign to jumpstart their endowment fund. This most recent gift brings the PBL Endowment Fund total to $616,000.
The Barber Education Trust was established in 1975 in memory of Edwin J. Barber for the purpose of as siting with the cost of tuition and feeds for those persons seeking to become full-time workers in Christ’s church, according to information provided. There is a minimum grant amount of $500…
The Ford County Board environmental committee is recommending to the full board that it submit the paper work to the state environmental protection agency opting in to sponsor an electronics recycling event next year.
An Iroquois county man told the Ford County Board he has applied to the state to grow marijuana on five acres he owns in Ford County. Michael Crowley of Thawville told the board he won’t hear anything back from the state until July. Crowley said his request was turned down in Iroquois County.
Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative welcomes journeyman lineman, Scott Lane. Lane recently joined the electric cooperative headquartered in Paxton, according to a news release. Lane brings 20 years of electrical contracting experience to Eastern Illini.
Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court, as posted at www.judici.com:
PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity:
PAXTON — A local concrete supplier has put up a new batching plant on its property north of the city’s downtown.
PAXTON — Arguments will be heard next month regarding whether the manager of the Lamb Young Funeral Home in Gibson City should be required to disclose his financial records and federal income tax returns to the attorney representing the funeral home’s former director, who is accused of steal…
PAXTON — The Paxton Park District is still hopeful to host a bus trip to a Chicago Blackhawks hockey game in late March.
