It has been a while since I last wrote. I apologize for my long absence. But, you surely know that Africa is a huge place. So, we get busy moving all over the homeland. And considering the many ...

There is a famous scene in the “The Wizard of Oz” where Dorothy and her three companions merrily skip in lockstep down the Yellow Brick Road, singing, “If ever ...

CLIFTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-15, 25-16 over Clifton Nash on Tuesday. Hayleigh Steele, Addison Gooden, Charlie Hethke and Libbie Sawyer each had three kills ...

GIBSON CITY — A little over a month after her brother was charged with aggravated arson for allegedly setting fire to his apartment in Gibson City, a Paxton woman has been charged with the same crime ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity girls basketball team has won two games in a row. One day after a 53-50 win over LeRoy, GCMS won in a more dominating fashion via a 77-59 score over ...

WATSEKA – The Cissna Park High School girls basketball team was ready for the challenge. The Timberwolves faced a 24-3 Watseka team on the road in the latter team’s senior night game on Monday, but it ...

Ronald G. Shelby, 64, of Kempton passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at his home. He was born October 12, 1961 in Pontiac, the son of Irvin and Birdell Larson Shelby. He married Rachel Koch on ...

RANTOUL – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team lost 52-46 to Rantoul on Friday. Tyler Cole led PBL (12-12, 0-6 Illini Prairie Conference) in scoring with 17 points while Jack Wesslund ...

CANTON – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher High School wrestling team won 57-20 over Canton in the IHSA Class 1A Canton Team Sectional. The Falcons will compete in the dual team state meet on Feb.

CHICAGO — Flu cases are increasing rapidly in Illinois as the state sees its worst flu season in more than 15 years. At least 100 people have died from the flu this season in Illinois, with 77 of ...

CHICAGO — A state commission dedicated to documenting misconduct by federal immigration agents and making policy recommendations issued its initial report Friday, while also adopting a new direction ...

After the invasion of Minneapolis by over 3,000 masked, armed, poorly trained Immigration and Custom Enforcement and Border Patrol officers, the tide appears to be turning against President Donald ...