You remember Redd Foxx on the old Sanford and Son TV show. When he was under stress, he’d clutch his chest and yell out, ...

To show any kind of weakness is often seen as an admission of defeat, and to ask for help is to paint oneself a target for ...

You look up through the predawn sky at the half-moon lighting the darkness with its brilliance. The stars sparkle, or maybe it’s twinkle, and dot the sky like light shining through a lace curtain. On ...

I walked this earth without my best friend by my side for the first time since I was 15 years old. Allow me to tell you a little bit about Zeus. The basics: neutered male, longhair, tuxedo coloring, ...

Gibson City-Melvin Sibley school district outdoor recreational spaces could be getting millions of dollars in upgrades. The GCMS school board on Wednesday, Dec. 18, reviewed design concepts for an ...

As I lit a cigarette on the back deck at my Paxton home on Saturday evening, all the pain I held in my heart spilled out from within. I collapsed to my knees, sobbing uncontrollably as my head sank to ...

Lake Iroquois resident Glenn Miller, a native of Paxton and graduate of Paxton High School, has been hired as the Ford County Public Health Department’s next administrator and is expected to begin his ...

More deer harvested in area this firearm season than last SPRINGFIELD — Hunters took a preliminary total of 82,496 deer during Illinois’ seven-day firearm deer hunting season that concluded Sunday, ...

Two nursing homes in Ford County were cited for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act during the third quarter of 2024, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The IDPH posted its ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A 41-year-old Rantoul man wanted on an arrest warrant in connection with a Nov. 7 hit-and-run involving a ...

BERWYN, Ill. (AP) — A man suspected in the killings of three people in Mahomet was fatally shot by police in west suburban Chicago while in the neighborhood of a far-right political influencer. Nick ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Sammy Sosa appeared to acknowledge using performance enhancing drugs during a career in which he hit more than 600 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs said they were ready to welcome back ...