During a Paxton City Council meeting back in March 1956, aldermen made it illegal for local businesses to allow kids younger ...

After 46 years as a basketball coach, Dave Cox found himself in unfamiliar territory this week. Cox -- who has been the head ...

The 2024-25 school year will be the last one for Brock Niebuhr as Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School’s athletic director.

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade boys basketball “A” team is off to a 3-0 start. In Wednesday’s 28-21 win over SMART ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade girls basketball team lost 27-14 to St. Malachy in its regular-season finale on ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Red Army is working to celebrate the memory of Ava Mead, a GCMS 5th grader who ...

Loda’s head boys basketball coach, Quinton Hatfill and his players were getting their feet wet at the varsity level. After ...

FORREST – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade girls basketball team lost 38-5 to Prairie Central on Monday, Nov. 11. Kandyce Curtis had three points while Addy Lindsey and Riley Masco each had one ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance garnered 73.04% of the vote in Ford County and 77.88% in ...

The voter turnout eclipsed 70% in Ford and Iroquois counties for the Nov. 5 general election, with the presidential race the ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade boys basketball team defeated Blue Ridge 48-6 on Tuesday. Ben ...

PAXTON — With the sun peeking through the clouds on a calm Wednesday morning in downtown Paxton, the city’s longtime mayor, ...