FISHER – Conner Smith of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Middle School track and field team finished first in the seventh-grade boys’ 100-meter dash with a time of 13.4 seconds at the Sangamon Valley ...

In this series from Hebrews 12:3-6, we’ve looked at how God is preparing his children for all the struggles, trials, and disappointments that we’ll face in this life. For the sake of clarity, it needs ...

May is Mental Health Month, and the Community Resource & Counseling Center (CRCC) is joining Mental Health America (MHA) to focus on a simple, shared goal: helping people have more good days, together ...

Even downhill, I’ve never had much luck rolling an actual snowball. Anytime I start a project, though, the proverbial snowball slide is easier, faster, and almost inevitable. It started with changing ...

The Illinois Senate recently gave unanimous approval to legislation — Senate Bill 3336 — that would create consistent safety standards across the state for highspeed e-bikes and other micromobility ...

Last week, I voted “no” on an effort to amend the state Constitution to make Illinois’ legislative district maps even more one-sided. Illinois has some of the worst, most partisan gerrymandered ...

The Paxton Kirby Foods is hosting cookouts in its parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through the end of November to help raise funds for nonprofit groups. Each cookout benefits a ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Carnegie Library’s spring book sale begins Monday, May 4. Also starting May 4, adult and young adult patrons can wander back to their childhood and join the library’s junior ...

PAXTON — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services will be required to release all of its investigative files on Rob Pacey to the attorney for five current and former students who claim ...

PONTIAC — Pontiac Bancorp Inc.’s recent annual meeting marked the retirement of Chairman and Director Bill Kauffman, who had served on the boards of Pontiac Bancorp and the Bank of Pontiac for 17 ...

I finished a utility-vehicle ride through the desert recently with seven fellow desert rats, all great friends. What a day. We met up at Bumble Bee, Ariz., where I actually got stung by a bee — not a ...

LUDLOW — The driver of a vehicle that crashed on Interstate 57 at the Ford-Champaign county line on Tuesday, April 28, was cited for numerous traffic offenses, including driving under the influence of ...