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Buckley man going to prison for fatal collision
A 25-year-old Buckley man was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to aggravated drunken driving in connection with a 2010 accident that killed a Lake Iroquois man.
Candidates sought to fill open Paxton parks seat
Board President Eric Evans said Putnam was a "very good asset to the park district" and "helped out a lot," specifically with the district's finances.
Ford County Board gets another request for greater turbine setbacks
The Ford County Board has been confronted with yet another request from a resident concerned about wind farms.
SPOTLIGHT: Polish immigrant survives labor camp
PAXTON, Ill. -- Richard Kostrzewski holds up a zig-zag finger, made crooked by some calamity years ago and can't remember why it is so.
Paxton man admits to Rantoul break-in
A Paxton man who apparently wanted to ease his conscience was arrested early Saturday after admitting that he broke into a Rantoul home last fall.