Ford County

The paper, launched in 2020, is the only news agency operating in Ford County, just east of McLean County, and covering Paxton and Gibson City.

State police are asking for public help in the weekend case of a naked gunman in Gibson City who allegedly wounded two officers. Troopers said they hope area people and businesses may have relevant video footage.

McLean County's decision to drop Show Bus as its rural transportation provider and explore a partnership with Connect Transit poses challenges and tight deadlines for other counties in the region that Show Bus may still serve.

A doctor who worked at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington is facing felony charges after allegedly soliciting and engaging in sexual acts with a minor.

A disease that kills white-tailed deer has moved further into central Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Chronic Wasting Disease is now in Ford County. It’s also been found in Livingston and 19 other Illinois counties.

Leaders and residents in many rural counties in Illinois have begun to push back against Gov. JB Pritzker's stay-at-home order. The response has been a…

Small towns across Illinois are having a rough go to keep their culture alive. For decades rural populations have been falling. Some subside into tiny…

Three Ford County men have been charged with arson in the bombing last year of a mosque in suburban Minneapolis.The U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield…