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WEB3 days ago · By WILL BRUMLEVE. [email protected] September 4, 2024. CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined three area nursing homes for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act. The IDPH posted its quarterly report of nursing home violations on its website on Wednesday, Aug. …
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WEBSeptember 05, 2024. Gary Koester, 79, of Urbana, formerly of Paxton and Rantoul, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 in his home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Baier Family Funeral Services, 406 E Pells St, Paxton with Rev. Dale Fjordbotten officiating. Burial will follow in Glen Cemetery, Paxton.
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · GIBSON CITY — Bobby Amaru joined Saliva in 2011 as the hard-rock band’s lead vocalist. On Friday, Sept. 6, Ford County Chronicle correspondent Mindy Basi caught up with Amaru, who answered her questions over the phone ahead of the band’s appearance at Gibson City’s annual Harvest Fest on Saturday, Sept. 14.
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WEB4 days ago · September 04, 2024. By MINDY BASI. Ford County Chronicle correspondent. GIBSON CITY — Seven officer-worn body cameras and a large-capacity server to store the cameras’ filmed footage will be coming to the Gibson City Police Department. Police Cpt. Roy Acree asked the city council for approval to …
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WEB1 day ago · September 18, 2024. By WILL BRUMLEVE. [email protected]. PAXTON — The Paxton Buckley-Loda school board will hold a public hearing on the school district’s proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which began July 1, at the start of its next monthly meeting, with approval of the budget to follow later in the meeting.
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WEBAug 21, 2024 · PAXTON — From atop the Interstate 57 overpass in Paxton, local police, firefighters and community members watched in silence as the body of Cpl. Brandon Schreiber was escorted by a long procession of squad cars and other emergency vehicles en route to Newton County in Indiana, where he …
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WEB2 days ago · [email protected], 217-781-4607. Andrew Rosten, Sports Editor and Publisher. [email protected], 217-412-3697. Office address: 153 N. Market St., Suite 1, Paxton, IL 60957. The Ford County Chronicle is a weekly newspaper, published Wednesdays, committed to providing fair, balanced, …
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WEBAugust 28, 2024. By WILL BRUMLEVE. [email protected]. GIBSON CITY — When employees of RhinoAg’s Gibson City manufacturing facility were informed on the morning of Monday, Aug. 19, that all would be losing their jobs and the plant closed within the next several months, the mood was “somber,” one recalled a week later. “Very ...
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WEBAugust 28, 2024. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 Dennis Stroughmatt in Melvin Dennis Stroughmatt will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Melvin Community Hall. Food will be available for purchase from local nonprofit groups starting at 5:30 p.m. prior to the show. For more information, people can contact Norman Schall at 217- 388-2853.