ELLIOTT — Paxton has its Swedes. Gifford has its Germans. Elliott has its Norwegians. When it came time to build a church in rural Elliott, the majority Norwegian population chose a site about a mile ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Board is expecting to approve a deficit budget in November, even after further adjustments are made to reflect more accurate revenue projections. It remains to be seen exactly ...

PAXTON — Two raised signs — one 80 and the other 25 feet high — could soon be put around the Interstate 57 interchange in Paxton to advertise the 76-brand fuel station and still-undisclosed fast-food ...

PAXTON -- To protect the safety of its students, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district will begin requiring all substitute teachers and volunteers to complete mandated-reporter training for the ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Board approved the hiring of a Gibson City farmer Monday night to harvest crops on all three county-owned farms this fall after the county’s tenant farmer failed to make ...

PAXTON — A woman who lives near Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School told school board members on Wednesday, Sept. 16, that a retention basin north of the school has been overflowing during heavy ...

FISHER – The Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda soccer team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 4-2 on Thursday. “I feel like I did a good job of motivating them (at ...

Kaiden Phoenix McCubbins, 22 of Thomasboro, passed away at 5:28 a.m. Sunday, September 6, 2026, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Friday, September 18, ...

BISMARCK – Cissna Park head volleyball coach Josh Landon earned his 500th career win in a 25-16, 25-15 victory over Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin on Thursday. Ava Henrichs and Marina Day had seven ...

In my most recent article from Psalm 74, we looked at the reality that, for God’s covenant people, God sometimes doesn’t seem near. In this Psalm, we’re looking at a time in redemptive history when ...

LODA — An early-morning fire last Wednesday caused extensive damage to a Loda home and destroyed its detached garage and two vehicles parked inside, but no one was hurt, Fire Chief Harold Ecker said.

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School baseball team won 12-0 over Champaign Jefferson in the first round of the IESA Class 3A regionals on Thursday. Timber Withers tossed a one-hit ...