Village employee fired, charged with felonies

By WILL [email protected] PAXTON — The water superintendent for two Ford County communities was fired Monday from one of his positions and is expected to be terminated from the other Tuesday night after he was charged with two felonies stemming from an incident in Gibson City. Paul E. Theesfield, 36, who listed an address in the 200 block of East […]

Ford County Public Health Department COVID-19 update (Dec. 8, 2020)

UPDATED: Pritzker touts promising vaccine data

Positivity rate falls below 10% By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – As COVID-19 infection rates continued to fall Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said the first delivery of a vaccine could arrive in Illinois as early as next week, although it could take several months before it is widely available to the general public. Speaking at his daily media briefing […]

Madigan floats income tax increase; GOP leader asks for spending cuts

$3.9 billion budget deficit anticipated for this year By SARAH MANSURCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — As the state government attempts to close a multi-billion-dollar budget hole, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has said he is prepared to vote for an increase to the state’s flat income tax rate should the governor request it — a proposal met with pushback from […]