GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity boys basketball team lost 72-58 to Deer Creek-Mackinaw on Friday. The Falcons (9-13, 1-6 Heart of Illinois Conference) took a 5-0 lead via a ...

Here are some sights from Friday's game, which Dee-Mack won 72-58 ...

PONTIAC – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team is still seeking its first win in the Illini Prairie Conference. That is a task much easier said than done as PBL is one of seven teams ...

Deer Creek-Mackinaw 52, GCMS 38 DCM 19 12 12 9 -- 52 GCMS 9 9 14 6 -- 38 Dee-Mack (22-2, 8-1) K. Brown 0-0-0, R. Durbin 0-2-2, A. Schmidgall 2-0-4, E. Weir 1-0-2, K. Schmidgall 3-3-9, J. Nunley 5-2-17 ...

Karin R. Carpenter, 66 of Champaign; formerly of Paxton died at 12:42 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Haven of Meadowbrook, Champaign. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Baier Family Funeral ...

PAXTON — A former agricultural teacher at Clifton Central High School in Iroquois County was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 28, after pleading guilty to two Class X felony counts ...

CISSNA PARK – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade volleyball team lost 25-21, 25-19 to Cissna Park on Thursday. Quincy Wallace had five aces while Brynn McKenry, Maci Smith and Adailynn Shumate had ...

Frederick A. Twist Jr., 69, of Gibson City passed away Friday, January 16, 2026 at his home in Gibson City. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date this summer. Memorial contributions may ...

Sonia V. Smith, 72, of Green Bay, WI passed peacefully on January 26, 2026. She will be dearly missed. She was the kindest, most caring and courageous person. She was born in Bearsted, a village in ...

Monticello 44, PBL 18 PBL 1 10 1 6 -- 18 MON 11 11 10 12 -- 44 PBL (6-16, 1-5) Audrey McCoy 2-1-5, Olivia Rehg 0-0-0, Emmy Bagwell 0-0-0, Tinley Boehme 0-0-0, Kylie Rust 2-4-8, Hallee Johnson 2-1-5, ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity boys basketball team lost 63-60 in overtime to Ridgeview on Tuesday. Graydon Leonard held GCMS (9-12, 1-5 Heart of Illinois Conference) while ...

SUNDAY, FEB. 1 Spaghetti drive-thru lunch Christ Lutheran High School at 201 W. Lincoln St. in Buckley will host a spaghetti drive-thru lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, with ...