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Five questions with Miss County Fair 2024
Jun. 28—On Monday, Kate Wilson of Paxton was crowned the 2024 Miss Ford County Fair Queen at the fairgrounds in Melvin. Readers might know Wilson from her time as a High School Confidential contributor who kept us in the know about happenings at Paxton-Buckley-Loda in the 2022-23 academic year. She took time in her first week to chop it up with staff writer Luke Taylor. So you've been busy ...
Ford County fair happening now through Saturday
Summer means it’s time for county fairs. This year’s Ford County Fair in Melvin, running now through Saturday, features some old favorites as well as some new events. The fair has been bringing entertainment to central Illinois since 1926. Tonight features the annual fair queen pageant at 7...
Kate Wilson of Paxton named 2024 Ford County Fair Queen
(Springfield-jm) – The Office of Statewide Pretrial Services unveiled a new interactive pretrial data dashboard Monday that provides a summary of several initial decision points for criminal cases filed since the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act on Sept. 18, 2023. The dashboard provides data on the 75 counties in which the office provides pretrial services.
At least 5 tornadoes, 100 mph winds confirmed Thursday Night
GIBSON CITY, Ill. (WCIA) – At least five tornadoes have been confirmed in McLean and Ford counties after severe storms swept through Thursday Night. The National Weather Service released their assessment of the damage after spending days in the area determining what damage was caused by straight line downburst winds and what was caused by […]
Storm topples trees, power lines in area
GIBSON CITY — The night of Thursday, June 13, was a wild one in Ford County as a severe storm with ferocious winds slammed the area, downing power lines and toppling trees in a path of destruction spanning from one end of the county to the other. Damage was...
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