Here are some sights from Monday's game, which GCMS won 63-34 ...

PAXTON — Fred Magers has resigned as multi-township assessor for Button and Patton townships, and Del Bruens has been appointed to replace him. Magers defeated Bruens in last spring’s election in his ...

One of the constant realities of the human condition is that we live in a fallen world. And in a fallen world there will always be troubles. We all experience them. Sometimes those troubles are very ...

SPRINGFIELD — Krista Phillips of Effingham County was selected from a field of 75 contestants Sunday as the 68th Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. Phillips will reign over the 2026 Illinois State Fair ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School graduate Kade Hill, a former agriculture teacher and Illinois FFA president who works in agribusiness in Livingston County, placed third nationally in ...

PAXTON — The attorney for five current and former Paxton Buckley-Loda students, who claim in lawsuits filed last summer that they were inappropriately touched by suspended teacher and former coach Rob ...

PAXTON — Marilyn Joyce Fields, 90, of Paxton, died at 11:07 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Accolade Healthcare of Paxton Senior Living. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at ...

I’ve always thought that if I hadn’t gone into journalism, I would have gone into carpentry. Having done some carpentry last week, I think I made the right choice. As with most of my failures, last ...

PONTIAC — Tierra Kelly of Rankin was arrested for manufacture/delivery of methamphetamine (more than 100 grams), a Class X felony, following an investigation into the delivery of methamphetamine by ...

PONTIAC — Officials are exploring any and all options for re-establishing on-demand public transportation services in Ford and Iroquois counties, including a possible intergovernmental agreement with ...

Illinois’ Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability took a look at the state’s December 2025 revenue numbers and came back with yet another report that was a mix of good news and ...

DANVILLE – The Cissna Park High School girls basketball team won 64-12 over Danville Schlarman on Wednesday. Addison Lucht had 12 points, three rebounds, four steals and five assists to lead Cissna ...