Over a 20-month span during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dee Ann Schippert spent at least 759 hours at a Watseka gambling establishment — an average of almost 38 hours a month — while claiming to be ...

The Buckley St. John’s eighth- and seventh-grade volleyball teams each earned two-set victories over Tri-Point on Thursday.

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher High School wrestling team won 59-18 over St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday. Cohen Kean ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity girls basketball team lost 46-37 to Prairie Central on Thursday. Tanner Graham had 13 points for PBL (2-24, 1-6 Illini Prairie Conference) while Hallee Johnson also ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board approved the hiring of Michael Schwenk as GCMS High School’s next assistant ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Ryan N. Mullett, 37, of Paxton, was arrested ...

Evan King (DM) pinned Jackson Swidergal, 1:14.113 – Double forfeit.120 – Gage Martin (GCMSF) won by forfeit.126 – Landen Lage ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-16, 25-10 over Tri-Point on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Emmalynn Shumate had four kills for PBL (3-2) while Tori Rock and Violet Foster each had five ...

A Roberts family escaped their burning home unharmed Wednesday afternoon as their two dogs perished in a blaze believed to ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher Middle School wrestling team won 70-24 over LeRoy on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Julian Rodriguez (90 pounds), Bentley Fields (100), Ian Rotramel (105), Kayden Fancher (112) ...

The Duck has survived living another week in the year 2025. I was going to move into an apartment building, but then it ...

I wrote a column in the Ford County Chronicle about desperate Ugandan youngsters who on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, ...