GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City Police Department released the following list of persons arrested or ticketed recently: — Gerhardt Matuzewski, 20, of Melvin, for driving under the influence on Sunday, June 29. — Austin Houchin, 22, of Ellsworth, for unlawful display of license plates and operating an uninsured vehicle on Sunday, June 22. — Austin Fry, 39, of Farmer […]
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Paxton man arrested after interfering with court order for cleanup of his property
PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: — Chad A. Minnick, 42, of Paxton, was arrested for obstructing a court order and resisting arrest around 10:12 a.m. Friday, June 27, after he allegedly repeatedly obstructed and interfered with the police department’s execution of a court order for the cleanup of his property at 424 […]
GCMS budget amended after solar rebates received
GIBSON CITY — To reflect additional costs incurred and revenue received — including about $1 million in rebates received for the installation of solar panels on the rooftops of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley schools — the school district’s budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year was amended by the school board on Wednesday, June 25, just before the fiscal year’s June 30 end. […]
GCMS school board approved new contract with paraprofessionals
GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board approved a new three-year contract with the school district’s paraprofessionals union on Wednesday, June 25. The agreement negotiated with the GCMS Paraprofessionals Association calls for annual increases in the base rate of paraprofessionals’ hourly pay — from $15 to $17 for the 2025-26 school year, to $18 in 2026-27, and to $19 […]
GCMS extends contract with Illinois Central School Bus for 5 more years
GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board on Wednesday, June 25, approved the extension of the school district’s contract with Illinois Central School Bus by another five years — through 2031. The district’s current five-year contract with the company expires after the 2025-26 school year. “We’ve had a really strong working relationship with them,” Superintendent Jeremy Darnell said. “We […]
Motion filed to keep victims of alleged sexual assault at PBL, their parents anonymous
PAXTON — The attorney who recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of three current or former Paxton-Buckley-Loda students alleging that suspended teacher and former coach Rob Pacey inappropriately touched them and others — and that the district did little about it — is asking the McLean County judge assigned the case to allow the victims, as well as their parents, […]
Judge: Jury may hear evidence of Dee Schippert’s gambling
KANKAKEE — A Kankakee County judge will allow a jury to hear evidence of Dee Ann Schippert’s gambling in the former Iroquois County Public Health Department administrator’s upcoming theft, forgery and official misconduct trial. During a status hearing on Tuesday, June 24, Kankakee County Judge William Dickenson denied a motion in limine filed last December by Schippert’s Springfield attorneys, Mark […]
3 dead in collision between truck, car west of Ludlow
LUDLOW — Two people from Paxton and one from Ludlow died after a pickup truck and a passenger car collided west of Ludlow on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 24. Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer said in a news release that the driver of the truck — Scott A. Meuser, 62, of Paxton — and the driver of the car […]
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Support along Law Enforcement Torch Run route appreciatedANNUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS
EN ROUTE TO PAXTON — As the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois made its way south from Buckley to Loda to Paxton during the noon hour Thursday, Penny Mateck was riding in a vehicle on U.S. 45 alongside a pack of bicyclists, all fellow law enforcement officers, when she learned of the community support that awaited […]
Civil case assigned to McLean County judge
LAWSUIT FILED IN FORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTPAXTON — A McLean County judge has been assigned to preside over a lawsuit filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleging that a Paxton Buckley-Loda school district teacher and former coach inappropriately touched numerous female students, whose claims of abuse were repeatedly ignored by administrators. The 11th Judicial Circuit’s chief judge, J. Casey Costigan, entered a reassignment order on Monday, […]
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