Here are some sights from Saturday's Central Illinois Football League Seniors game. Digital copies of all these photos can be purchased at the following link: https ...

GIBSON CITY — The former treasurer of a nonprofit group that raised funds for veterans, cancer victims and others in need has been charged in Ford County Circuit Court with felony theft after ...

DOWNS – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Middle School softball team lost 9-0 to Tri-Valley on Thursday. Khloe Huff, Piper Holzhauer and Sophia Thomsen each produced a hit for GCMS. On the mound, Karsyn ...

EL PASO – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity volleyball team lost 25-14, 27-25 to El Paso-Gridley on Thursday. Bailey Bunting and Maci Lindelof each had six kills while Bunting also had six digs.

ELLIOTT — Curtis Rollins, formerly of the Elliott and Gibson City area, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. A private service will be held. Baier Family Funeral Services in Paxton is handling arrangements. Mr ...

PAXTON — Attorneys for the five defendants in a lawsuit alleging female students were inappropriately touched by Paxton-Buckley-Loda teacher Rob Pacey and that administrators failed to report the ...

Almost all of humanity—even those who claim to have no belief in God—have some system of belief that helps them to deal with suffering. One of the best-known, self-avowed atheists in our day, Richard ...

All three of Ford County’s public high schools are being recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best high schools in both Illinois and across the nation. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High ...

PIATT COUNTY — The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois for 2026. The confirmed case involves a resident of Piatt County. In addition, ...

SAVOY – The Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys golf team finished ninth with a score of 351 in the Champaign Invitational Tournament on Friday. Jack Flesner led the Eagles with a score of 83, followed ...

GIBSON CITY — Dolly Parton was a champion of people and literacy. The Moyer District Library is celebrating her legacy with a book display and a children’s craft. “In honor of her song line, ‘Love is ...

GIBSON CITY — The city council chambers had an unusually large number of visitors on Monday, Aug. 24, as drainage issues from recent storms and a question of city membership in the Greater Gibson Area ...