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 ...

Approximately 40 Ford County Democrats and “No Kings” marchers gathered on Saturday at the Arcade Cafe’s meeting room for a protest and meet-and-greet. Six of them marched on Market Street before ...

PIPER CITY — Newly acquired books at the Piper City Public Library include: “Still See You Everywhere” by Lisa Gardner, “Wind Chime Point” by Sherryl Woods, “Sand Castle Bay” by Sherryl Woods, “Sea ...

PAXTON — A 64-yearold Urbana man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison on Tuesday, Jan. 20, after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, a Class X felony, for his role in what ...

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 ...

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, ...

RANTOUL — Five families were displaced after an apartment building caught fire last Wednesday afternoon in Rantoul. Firefighters from nine departments responded to the two-story apartment building ...

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 ...