Jim Brandt captured his second Men’s Club Championship at Lakeview Country Club last weekend, carding rounds of 69 and 70 to finish under par both days. Kyle Pool finished as runner-up, with Eric ...

PAXTON — Calls from the community to keep Brock Niebuhr as Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School’s head baseball coach grew a little louder during the PBL school board’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, July ...

Here are some sights from Saturday’s outing, which consisted of 25 teams of four golfers and 30 hole sponsors at Railside Golf Club in Gibson City. Digital copies ...

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If you were to ask Americans to name the greatest speech in our nation’s history, many would probably choose Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. As a devoted admirer of Lincoln, I would be hard ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Two teenagers were charged with murder on Tuesday, July 14, in the killings of five members of an Illinois family who were shot at three different locations. A 16-year-old ...

PAXTON – No lead was safe. The Paxton Swedes and Buckley Dutchmasters each overcame a multiple-run deficit to earn a victory in Sunday’s Eastern Illinois Baseball League doubleheader. The Swedes ...

PAXTON — Unchallenged in their respective election bids in the March 17 Republican primary were incumbent Ford County Sheriff Chad Johnson, soon-to-be new Ford County Treasurer Taylor Burnett and all ...

PAXTON — A September jury trial is set for a Chicago man charged in Ford County with possession of 400-900 grams of fentanyl with intent to deliver, aggravated battery to a peace officer and ...

Leslie D. “Les” Freed, 93, of rural Loda passed away at 8:49 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2026 at his home. A Celebration of Life for Les will be held from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2026 at The ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposed annexation agreement to make way for a community solar project on farmland between the Colmac Coil ...

PAXTON – Paxton resident Ross Radke filed a second amendment to his civil lawsuit against the Paxton Park District in the United States District Court for the Central District on July 20. Radke ...