PAXTON — For the first time, the question of whether to allow backyard chickens in Paxton will be put before voters on Tuesday, March 17. Yet Mayor Bill Ingold has heard little talk about the advisory ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-7, 25-1 over Prairie Central on Thursday. Addison Gooden had 13 aces and three assists for PBL (14-5) while Grace Didier and ...

I started doing pushups to try to get back into shape. Well, I did one pushup. It’s a start. I wasn’t inspired to exercise by the Olympics going on, although I am pretty competitive when it comes to ...

MANTENO – The sixth-seeded Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team won 58-44 over third-seeded Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin in the IHSA Class 2A Manteno Regional semifinals on Wednesday.

LEXINGTON – The Cissna Park High School boys basketball team ended its 2025-26 season with a 65-43 loss to Lexington in the IHSA Class 1A regional semifinals. Cissna Park (16-17) took an 8-4 lead ...

Here are some sights from Tuesday's IHSA Class 1A sectional semifinal game in Gilman, which Heyworth won 54-35 ...

ONARGA — The Federated Bank has announced the appointment of Karli Manahan of Buckley as vice president and credit officer. Manahan has experience in commercial and agriculture credit analysis, loan ...

When I began this series from John 3:16, I mentioned that many people believe that this is the most well-known verse in all the Scriptures. Martin Luther called it, “The Bible in miniature.” We’ve ...

SPRINGFIELD — As Illinois awaits court decisions about federal funding cuts and braces for even further cuts amid rising costs, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing limited new spending — and yearning for ...

The clock radio I won from the weekly drawing was a GE. I can still see it in my mind. The radio in the kitchen was an Emerson — faux wood and black plastic frame. This new addition was sleek and ...

THURSDAY, FEB. 26 PBL Jr. High chorus’ Winter Interlude Concert Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School’s chorus will present its Winter Interlude Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the gymnasium ...

Severe weather in February? While not common, it certainly isn’t rare. We’ve had a fair share of events over the last decade, including the one that plagued portions of southeastern Illinois on ...