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Friday Jun 14 | IllinoisHomepage.net

Preparing for the Ford County Fair

The Ford County Fair is coming up later this month. It's going to be in Melvin. Miss Ford County Sara Diesburg is here to tell us all about it.

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Related Topix: Melvin, IL, Champaign, IL

Wed Jun 12, 2013

The News-Gazette

Ford, Iroquois under severe thunderstorm watch

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m. Thursday for Ford and Iroquois counties.

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Related Topix: Iroquois, IL, Weather, Iroquois County, IL

Mon Jun 10, 2013

The News-Gazette

Renter in jail when fire hits Rantoul home

Firefighters were called at 4:02 a.m. to 1180 Bel Air Drive, where they found the house fully involved.

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Related Topix: Rantoul, IL, Paxton, IL

Sat Jun 08, 2013

The News-Gazette

Counties' officials split on proposed health board firing

The Iroquois County Board chairman said Friday that he expects his board to uphold a committee's decision to recommend the removal of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department's embattled administrator.

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Related Topix: Iroquois County, IL, Iroquois, IL, 9, Watseka, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The News-Gazette

Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department asked to respond to info request

The Illinois attorney general's office is asking the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department to respond to a Ford County newspaper's claim that the agency improperly denied an open-records request last month.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Iroquois Memorial on track to become Presence's 13th hospital

The reach of Presence Health may soon be stretching across the Iroquois County line and into Watseka.

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Related Topix: Iroquois, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Watseka, IL, Kankakee, IL

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Dustin Lynch to headline Ford County Fair

Rising country star Dustin Lynch, whose breakthrough hit "Cowboys and Angels" has been nominated for County Music Television's Breakthrough Song of the Year award, will headline the Ford County Fair in Melvin on June 25. His latest, "She Cranks My Tractor," should be a hit there at the 7 p.m. show, which will be opened by country rockers ... (more)

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Related Topix: Melvin, IL

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Ford County: Sheriff's police sued over death at jail

The family of a 30-year-old Hoopeston man who died inside the Ford County Jail last year is suing the Ford County Sheriff's department for allegedly putting the man in solitary confinement and denying him medical care.

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Related Topix: Hoopeston, IL, State Prisons, Prison

Wed May 29, 2013

IllinoisHomepage.net

Home robbery

A man is being held on $25,000 dollar bond. Darrell Woods was arrested Saturday for robbing a home.

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Related Topix: Peoria County, IL

The News-Gazette

Father sues over son's death at jail

The father of a 30-year-old Hoopeston man who was found dead in his cell at the Ford County Jail last May has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the county, its sheriff and two jail employees.

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Related Topix: Prison, Hoopeston, IL, Paxton, IL

Tue May 28, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Police: Herscher man, drunk, may have been stabbed

Police are trying to determine how a 39-year-old Herscher man wound up with large gash across his face early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Herscher, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Cabery, IL

Tue May 21, 2013

The News-Gazette

UI Extension to move Onarga office next door

It did not take long for the University of Illinois Extension to find another building to rent for use as its new Onarga office.

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Related Topix: Onarga, IL, Champaign, IL, Iroquois, IL, Paxton, IL, Iroquois County, IL