PAXTON — The Paxton Park District’s Board of Commissioners called a special meeting for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Paxton Civic Center, 601 S. Fall St., to approve an ordinance authorizing the ...

Greta Ellen Siemsen, 76, of Ft. Myers, Florida formerly of Gibson City and the Champaign area passed away Saturday July 18, 2026 at Memory Haven in Tolono. Visitation will be held 9:00-11:00 am Monday ...

PONTIAC — As expected, retired Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School teacher Paul L. Meuser was sentenced to 30 months of sex offender probation Monday following his guilty plea in May to felony charges of ...

Here are some sights from Sunday’s Eastern Illinois Baseball League doubleheader, which resulted in a split as Paxton won 6-5 in an 11-inning Game 1 before Buckley won 4-2 in an eight-inning Game 2.

Here are some sights from Saturday’s outing, which consisted of 25 teams of four golfers and 30 hole sponsors at Railside Golf Club in Gibson City. Digital copies ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposed annexation agreement to make way for a community solar project on farmland between the Colmac Coil ...

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The eight-member commission, chaired by Bryan Breymeyer, will schedule a public hearing to further review the document and make a recommendation to the council on whether to approve the rules as ...

Shortly after my granddad passed away, we moved from the farm outside of Gibson City to his boyhood home that had been converted into an apartment house. The upstairs and downstairs had been divided ...

KEMPTON — The Ford County Republican Central Committee welcomed a record turnout of 37 attendees at its third quarterly breakfast of 2026 on Saturday morning in Kempton. The event brought together ...

Going into another year leading the Paxton Buckley Loda school district’s band program, Josh and Dayna Breen are aiming to take it to the next level. “We’ve got lots of goals,” Mr. Breen said. “We ...

More than a dozen new state laws took effect on Wednesday, July 1, including the creation of a new state agency for children and a new law to address contraband in state prisons. The Illinois ...