The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade girls basketball team lost 19-5 to Rantoul Eater on Wednesday. Brynn McKenry scored all five of PBL’s points. She also scored all eight points in the Panthers’ 8-7 ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade girls basketball team started its 2025 season with a 4-1 record. The Falcons won ...

The Ford County Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, to consider comments and make a ...

Democrats are so precious, aren’t they? Bless their little hearts. If it weren’t so pathetic, though, it might even be entertaining to watch Democrat politicians collapse into angst over the ...

Last week, I asked if you supported Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order directing agencies to cut up to 4% of their fiscal year 2026 budgets, or if it was just a public-relations stunt. Nearly 80% of ...

ABOVE: Roger and Kris Cramer pose with Denis Fisher, left, the Gibson City Restoration Association’s vice president, during ...

Like almost anyone, almost all of the Paxton Police Department’s seven officers have had a loved one affected by cancer.

When I wrote last week about how I wasn’t football team material, I mentioned I planned to join the cross-country team ...

PAXTON — Jordan Chapman is stepping down as the Paxton Park District’s recreation director. His last day of employment with the park district is Thursday, Oct. 9, after which he will work as the ...

The Ford County Public Health Department will offer the following walk-in flu vaccination clinics to protect residents against influenza this fall: — 8:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Kempton ...

PAXTON — Neal Kottke and Jennifer Rheeling graduated high school in decidedly different eras — the 1950s and 1980s, respectively — yet each, in their own way, encouraged Paxton-Buckley-Loda High ...