CISSNA PARK – The Cissna Park High School girls basketball team had five games remaining on its schedule on Monday. That night, they faced one of their toughest opponents in St. Joseph-Ogden. The ...

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Here are some sights from Friday's game, which Dee-Mack won 72-58 ...

Karin R. Carpenter, 66 of Champaign; formerly of Paxton died at 12:42 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Haven of Meadowbrook, Champaign. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Baier Family Funeral ...

PAXTON — A 64-yearold Urbana man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison on Tuesday, Jan. 20, after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, a Class X felony, for his role in what ...

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity boys basketball team lost 72-58 to Deer Creek-Mackinaw on Friday. The Falcons (9-13, 1-6 Heart of Illinois Conference) took a 5-0 lead via a ...

RANTOUL — Five families were displaced after an apartment building caught fire last Wednesday afternoon in Rantoul. Firefighters from nine departments responded to the two-story apartment building ...

PAXTON — A former agricultural teacher at Clifton Central High School in Iroquois County was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 28, after pleading guilty to two Class X felony counts ...

Deer Creek-Mackinaw 52, GCMS 38 DCM 19 12 12 9 -- 52 GCMS 9 9 14 6 -- 38 Dee-Mack (22-2, 8-1) K. Brown 0-0-0, R. Durbin 0-2-2, A. Schmidgall 2-0-4, E. Weir 1-0-2, K. Schmidgall 3-3-9, J. Nunley 5-2-17 ...

PIPER CITY — Newly acquired books at the Piper City Public Library include: “Still See You Everywhere” by Lisa Gardner, “Wind Chime Point” by Sherryl Woods, “Sand Castle Bay” by Sherryl Woods, “Sea ...

CISSNA PARK – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda sixth-grade volleyball team lost 25-21, 25-19 to Cissna Park on Thursday. Quincy Wallace had five aces while Brynn McKenry, Maci Smith and Adailynn Shumate had ...

Steven M. Lee, 54, of Piper City passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2026. He was born on June 1, 1971 in Gibson City, the son of Donald “Donnie” and Mary (Taylor) Jensen. He is survived by his ...