PAXTON — The attorney for a family who requested a Title IX investigation into the alleged inappropriate touching of a female Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School student in 2021 by teacher and former cross-country coach Rob Pacey is not appealing the investigation’s outcome: a determination that there was “insufficient evidence” that Pacey violated the school district’s sexual harassment and sexual assault […]
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Ribbon cutting for solar farm construction set for Sept. 25
Pair of 135-MW solar farms to be built, including 1 by Gibson CityGIBSON CITY
GIBSON CITY — Earthrise Energy is hosting a private, invitation-only ribbon cutting event next month to celebrate the start of construction of two 135-megawatt solar farms in the area, including one northwest of Gibson City. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Earthrise Energy’s Gibson City Energy Center in the Jordan Industrial Park on the city’s […]
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2025. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra. […]
City’s old pool to be open in 2026 as new one is built
New swimming pool will be built in grassy area just east of current oneGIBSON CITY
GIBSON CITY — Gibson City’s public swimming pool is expected to remain open next summer as a new pool is built just east of it. Randy Ferguson will continue to serve as pool manager, and there will continue to be two assistant managers, as well, just as there were this summer when Rachael Dewey and Casey McCullough held those roles. […]
City applying for state OSLAD grant to help fund pool project
If awarded, it would match up to $600,000 toward projectGIBSON CITY — The Gibson City Council on Monday, Aug. 25, approved a resolution authorizing the city to apply for a matching grant through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Open Space Land Acquisition Development program to help cover some of the costs to build a new public swimming pool at the city’s North Park. If awarded the OSLAD grant […]
CHRONICLE IN ARKANSAS
FORD COUNTY CHRONICLE TRAVELS THE WORLDVern Hofer of Rankin poses with an edition of the Ford County Chronicle at musician Johnny Cash’s boyhood home in Dyess, Ark. “I have met Johnny and June Cash previously, and it was pretty neat to see where Johnny grew up as a young man and at the same time didn’t have much in life,” said Hofer, whose trip later […]
AREA POLICE NEWS
Murder suspect found unfit for trial ‘at this time’ By BRADLEY ZIMMERMAN WCIA Channel 3 News WATSEKA — A Milford man accused of murder has been found, at least for now, to be mentally unfit to stand trial. Nicholas Gregory, 38, is charged with two counts of murder in connection with a deadly shooting near the village of Iroquois three […]
CIRCUIT COURT CASES
Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court: TRAFFIC TICKETS • Francisco Andres Mateo, 27, no address listed, for driving on a revoked driver’s license and operating a vehicle with suspended registration. • Jetaun L. Williams, 24, no address listed, for operating a vehicle with suspended registration and operating an uninsured vehicle. • Heather Rae […]
COOKOUT SUPPORTS 4-H CLUB
PAXTON KIRBY FOODS’ SATURDAY COOKOUT FUNDRAISERSPrairie Champions 4-H Club members — from left, Kaden Rust, President Kylie Rust, Leah Smith, Graham Pilcher, Chase Kidwell, Charity Kidwell and Christian Kidwell — help staff a Paxton Kirby Foods cookout fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 23, to benefit the local 4-H club. Through the end of November, the grocery store at 144 W. Pells St. in Paxton is hosting […]
Parents’ petition seeks peanut-free schools at PBL
AROUND THE AREAPAXTON — The parents of a child with severe peanut allergies are asking the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district to adopt a peanut-free policy to reduce incidents of accidental exposure. “Our 3-year-old daughter, Reagan Williamson, will be entering (the) Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district in the fall of 2027,” Nick and Dallas Williamson of Paxton said in an online petition launched on change.org. “As […]
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