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MELVIN — A blistering-hot and humid week in late June was not going to ruin anyone’s fun at the Ford County Fair in Melvin. Despite temperatures being well into the high 90s and dewpoints in the 60s — weather described by one local weatherman as “make it stop” — the fairgrounds were full last week with exhibitors looking to win […]

PAXTON — The Ford County Board’s chairman, Chase McCall, and vice chairman, Carson Vaughn, both announced Tuesday, June 23, that their current terms on the board will be their last. The 37-year-old McCall, a Gibson City resident, has served as a District 3 county board member since March 2015, when he was appointed to replace former chairman Rick Bowen of […]

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin Sibley school board approved a new threeyear 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 […]

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. […]

GIBSON CITY — The Moyer District Library’s summer reading program continues throughout July with new challenges, new games and new prizes. Readers of all ages are invited to participate and win prizes by reading books. No registration is required. Reading sheets and a program list are available at the library. Through the program, children through preschool earn a board book […]

Flanked by the Gibson City Restoration Association’s vice president, Denis Fisher, right, Mick Klintworth poses with the 4 of Spades during the association’s weekly Queen of Hearts drawing on Wednesday, June 25, after Klintworth’s ticket was pulled from the tumbler and he chose to see what was under Card No. 44 on the playing board, revealing the card. Klintworth won […]