FAIRBURY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity softball team lost 11-1 to Prairie Central on Tuesday. Bella Young hit 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored while Taylor Beck hit 1-for-3 with an ...

GIBSON CITY — Gibson City will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States on Saturday, July 11, with an “America 250” celebration downtown. Events kick off at noon with an opening ceremony ...

1. Eureka, 162; 2. El Paso-Gridley, 145; 3. Ridgeview, 105; 4. Heyworth, 75; 5. Tri-Valley, 70.5; 6. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 55; 7. Deer Creek-Mackinaw, 22; 7 ...

TOLONO – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade boys track and field team finished third in the Unity Invite on Saturday. The PBL seventh-grade boys finished with a score of 63 to finish third out of ...

DECATUR — The Millikin University baseball team won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament via a 6-5 victory in the title game over North Park on Saturday. With the win, the Big ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity softball team lost 14-1 to Champaign Centennial on Monday. Adrianna Mullett hit 2-for-2 with an RBI while Kyla Grohler went 1-for-2 for PBL (4-19) at the plate ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity softball team lost 16-0 to Eureka on Monday. Izzy Gawthorp doubled in the second inning to account for GCMS’s lone hit. On the mound, Taylor Beck ...

GIBSON CITY – The annual Ford County high school baseball rivalry game ended in an 8-7 victory for Paxton-Buckley-Loda over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. “It’s always good to win a rivalry game,” PBL ...

WESTVILLE – The Cissna Park varsity baseball team lost 6-3 to Westville on Monday. Seth Walder, Austin Kaeb, Adyn Hamrick and Jace Comstock each produced a hit for Cissna Park (4-11, 3-8 Vermilion ...

FISHER — In November 2023, the Fisher chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows put its building at West Sangamon and South Third streets up for sale. “I saw it on Facebook and said to my ...

After 32 years of teaching agriculture and serving as FFA chapter advisor at Paxton-Buckley Loda High School, Mike White is “graduating,” as he calls it, at the end of this school year. “I’m looking ...

WATSEKA – The Tri-Point seventh-grade boys track and field team finished first in the Twin County Conference Meet on Monday. Tri-Point finished with a score of 109 while Paxton-Buckley-Loda finished ...