Measure maintains $10 renewal fee, allows for voluntary fingerprinting to expedite renewals
Pritzker says he won’t lift disaster proclamation yet
Jesse White, officials from National Civil Rights Museum testify on King’s legacy
Case alleges use of ACS data unconstitutional
Abortion notification repeal, drug decriminalization and midwife licensing among failed bills
Bill is trailer to reforms passed in January lame duck session
Measure also beefs up cybersecurity, affects mail-in voting
Bill would require gun owners to submit fingerprints, close transfer loopholes
Bill includes changes from failed 2019 effort, still needs Senate, governor approval
GOP lawmakers complain data used to draw maps still not available
ISBE unanimously passed resolution supporting upcoming decision by the state superintendent
MONTICELLO — Indiana Beach has a new owner.
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Hospitals make a great impact on an area, on a community, and it’s not just in keeping people healthy and safe.
The Ford County Public Health Department (FCPHD) announces a second confirmed positive case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The Iroquois County Public Health Department has confirmed one additional case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an Iroquois County resident on April 5, 2020. Laboratory confirmed results for this individual were received today. They will remain in isolation per Illinois Department …
There are many things forgotten as the population focuses on health in these days of COVID-19.
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…
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For the first time in nearly 10 years, the PBL Panthers' boys basketball team earned the title of SVC tournament champions on Feb. 8.
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TUSCOLA — Emotion regularly is evident in actions executed by members of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys’ basketball team.
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The GCMS Falcons' boy's basketball team recently suffered two losses on the road. The first came with a 57-29 loss against Deer Creek-Mackinaw on Jan. 31. The team then fell to the Salt Fork Storm on Feb. 1 with the final score of that game, 54-46.
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WATSEKA– After defeating them in the SVC tournament, the PBL Panthers' girls basketball team fell to the Watseka Lady Warriors on Thursday night during their SVC conference game in Watseka. The Warriors defeated the Panthers with a score of 39-30.
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WATSEKA– After competing all week, the PBL Panthers' girls basketball team was crowned the SVC tournament champions on Saturday night. The team defeated the Watseka Lady Warriors with a score of 51-36.
WATSEKA — Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka has a new cardiologist. Dr. Michael Wingo.
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The GCMS girls' basketball team recently hosted the El Paso-Gridley Titans and the Heyworth Hornets.
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It's been a rough go of it as of late for the GCMS Falcons boys' basketball team.
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PEORIA — It will be a two-city race between Champaign and Peoria to win the right to host the high school boys’ basketball state finals.
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PAXTON– With the SVC tournament right around the corner, the PBL Panthers girls' basketball team are gearing up to start off the tournament as the number one seed.
BUCKLEY — Christ Lutheran High School’s scholastic bowl team started its third season with a split result as it competed against Deland-Weldon and Fisher.
WATSEKA — Marilyn Wilken, a Danforth resident, is the featured guest artist for January and February in the art gallery of the Old Courthouse Museum, 103 W. Cherry St., Watseka.
WATSEKA — Iroquois County Treasurer Kurt Albers announced that mobile home privilege tax bills will be mailed during the first week of March.
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PAXTON — Three Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School students each received a $1,000 check from the consulting firm that oversaw the demolition of the PBL Eastlawn School building during Wednesday night’s school board meeting.
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WATSEKA — The founder of a now-defunct nonprofit animal sanctuary in Thawville who is accused of intentionally causing the death of numerous animals in her care pleaded not guilty Thursday in Iroquois County Circuit Court to a Class 4 felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School FFA chapter’s 32nd annual Farm Toy Show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the high school in Paxton.
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PAXTON — A convicted felon from Gibson City who had access to guns and ammunition purportedly owned by his father was convicted this week of nine counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and faces a mandatory prison term when sentenced in March.
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WATSEKA — On the day he was to stand trial for the alleged beating of an elderly man outside a Buckley bar, a 27-year-old rural Buckley man pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery and was sentenced to four years of probation.
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers boys’ JV basketball team defeated Momence handily on Friday night, taking down the Redskins 58-11.
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GIBSON CITY — Exactly 104 days after Alamo Group Inc. acquired the Dixie Chopper business, its manufacturing plant in Gibson City built its first Dixie Chopper zero-turn lawn mower.
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PAXTON — A proposal to raise the pay of three employees of the Ford County Circuit Clerk’s Office prompted an angry reaction Thursday from county board member Debbie Smith, who felt the idea should have been brought to the board during the budgeting process months earlier.
