Here are some sights from Sunday’s Eastern Illinois Baseball League doubleheader in Monticello, which Buckley won 13-0 in Game 1 and 10-0 in Game 2 … ...

Those words are attributed to Rukard Hurd of the class of 1878 at Pennsylvania Military College. However, there is no proof to date he penned them. This was the second set of “lyrics” to taps. Taps ...

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FISHER – The Cissna Park varsity baseball team lost 15-11 to Fisher in the first round of IHSA Class 1A regionals on Monday. Skyler Estay hit 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored while Wyatt ...

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PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity baseball team ended its 2026 season with a 3-2 loss to Pontiac in the first round of IHSA Class 2A regionals on Monday. The Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the ...

MONTICELLO – The Buckley Dutchmasters, who enter the 2026 season as the four-time defending Eastern Illinois Baseball League Tournament champion, swept their season-opening doubleheader on Sunday. The ...

PAXTON — Kids riding carelessly down Paxton’s streets and sidewalks on e-scooters and e-bikes at speeds exceeding 20 mph are just waiting for a tragic accident to happen. The Paxton City Council isn’t ...

PAXTON — The Paxton City Council approved a series of resolutions on Tuesday, May 12, in preparation for the planned establishment of the city’s second tax-increment financing district. The proposed ...

GIBSON CITY — As Jeremy Darnell can attest, all good things, indeed, must come to an end. Darnell’s tenure as the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school district’s superintendent — dating back to July 1, ...

Illinois families are being crushed by rising property taxes, and we are continuing to push for real relief. I was proud to join my colleagues last week to highlight a legislative package focused on ...

I was a driver for one of our local state senators for a few months. His was a job I would not want. He was frequently put in the position of trying to hold his political base together over a variety ...