Some of us have friends who like to call us while they’re on vacation, bragging about the warm weather they’re experiencing while we are stuck in chilling temperatures. Those people are jerks, aren’t ...

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Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the ...

PAXTON — Paxton police continue to investigate the armed robbery of a local liquor store. Police Chief Coy Cornett said two masked robbers entered Paxton Variety Liquors, 403 S. Ralroad Ave., around 6 ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Carnegie Library’s diamond art club for adults meets weekly at 1 p.m. on Fridays at the library, and new members are welcome. In other library news: n On Tuesdays, kids of all ages ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Cultivating Our Communities campaign, a collaboration by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Specialty Growers Association to ...

Greetings from the spaceship planet earth! This is your Duckman speaking. We are safely traveling around the sun at a speed of 67,100 mph. If you look out the window to the left, you will see some ...

GIBSON CITY — The Moyer District Library in Gibson City will host a program on social isolation and loneliness from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17. Emily Harmon from the local University of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Years before Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce was born, his father spent time in prison for an armed robbery conviction that prosecutors now say was tainted by a ...

Illinois defeated South Carolina 21-17 as GCMS graduate Aidan Laughery ran for 67 yards on 16 carries for the Illini. Here are some sights from Orlando’s Camping World Stadium … ...

For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out ...

PAXTON — As it turns out, the Ford County Board will consider the cancellation of an agreement that calls for the Loda Sportsman’s Club to serve as the nonprofit operator of the county-owned ...