After last year’s narrow loss to The Hinsdalean in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Excellence in News Contest, the ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team lost 59-37 to Tri-Valley on Friday. Tyler Cole led all scorers with 25 points for PBL (8-11) while Robert Boyd-Meents had eight points. Luke ...

Over a 20-month span during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dee Ann Schippert spent at least 759 hours at a Watseka gambling establishment — an average of almost 38 hours a month — while claiming to be ...

The Cissna Park varsity girls basketball team won 46-10 over Oakwood on Friday. Lauryn Hamrick scored 15 points for Cissna Park (19-3, 8-0 Vermilion Valley Conference) while Addison Lucht had seven ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-18, 14-25, 25-19 over Cissna Park on Thursday. Emmalynn Shumate had five kills, one block and one ace while Blaire McKenry had three kills ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board approved the hiring of Michael Schwenk as GCMS High School’s next assistant ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Ryan N. Mullett, 37, of Paxton, was arrested ...

Evan King (DM) pinned Jackson Swidergal, 1:14.113 – Double forfeit.120 – Gage Martin (GCMSF) won by forfeit.126 – Landen Lage ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher High School wrestling team won 59-18 over St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday. Cohen Kean ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-16, 25-10 over Tri-Point on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Emmalynn Shumate had four kills for PBL (3-2) while Tori Rock and Violet Foster each had five ...

The Buckley St. John’s eighth- and seventh-grade volleyball teams each earned two-set victories over Tri-Point on Thursday. In a 25-21, 25-12 victory, Tinley Eichelberger had five kills and three aces ...

A Roberts family escaped their burning home unharmed Wednesday afternoon as their two dogs perished in a blaze believed to ...