PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School will have no wrestling team this school year, Athletic Director Lindsey Mutchmore said in a letter Friday to the parents of students who were interested in ...

GIBSON CITY — No matter what, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school district is facing a big bill — totaling anywhere from $10 million to $20 million — to complete an extensive list of required ...

PAXTON — A Champaign man charged in Ford County Circuit Court with armed robbery with a firearm for his alleged role in a March 2025 holdup at Paxton’s Fulton Park is due back in court next month for ...

GIBSON CITY — Thanks to a $175,000 donation from the GCMS Athletic Booster Club and a $50,000 state grant, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school district taxpayers will be on the hook for only $56,000 of ...

PAXTON — The Prairieland CEO program is sponsoring a chili cookoff from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Pueblo Lindo Event Center at 615 N. Railroad Ave. in Paxton. The cookoff — the Prairieland ...

LEXINGTON – The Cissna Park High School volleyball team’s defense of its 2025 IHSA Class 1A state championship came to an end on Tuesday. With a 23-25, 25-22, 26-24 loss to Illini Bluffs, the ...

PAXTON — A Paxton man has been resentenced to two years in state prison after violating his probation from a 2022 domestic battery conviction. Ford County Circuit Court records show that James W.

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 ...

BUCKLEY — St. John’s Lutheran School in Buckley has released its “A” and “B” honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2026-27 school year: ‘A’ honor roll — Fifth-graders Jude Bailey, Scarlett Heisner ...

My grandparents had a metalworking, repair and fabrication shop on 9th Street behind Ace Hardware in Gibson City. My dad worked there many years, and it was often the gathering center for a variety of ...

PAXTON — Frizell D. Thomas, 58, of Paxton and Chicago, died at 7:10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2026.A memorial visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Bormann Funeral Home, 1600 ...

GIBSON CITY – The excitement for the 2026-27 season is present for the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity girls basketball team during its first week of practice. “I’m excited about the season,” GCMS ...