PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board voted unanimously to approve a revised mission statement for the school district during its monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 22. Superintendent Eric ...

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 ...

Once again this spring, Illinois House Republicans filed legislation and called for ethics reform, and once again those calls were ignored. Now that call is being renewed, yet again, following the ...

Jessica Titus, director of the Moyer District Library in Gibson City, reads a story to a youngster on a bench at Gibson City’s North Park during a storytime held as part of the fourth annual All ...

PAXTON — The Paxton Park District’s Board of Commissioners called a special meeting for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Paxton Civic Center, 601 S. Fall St., to approve an ordinance authorizing the ...

Residents across the district gathered on Friday, July 17, to witness a remarkable piece of American railroad history as Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 traveled through Pontiac and made a scheduled ...

LODA — Leslie D. “Les” Freed, 93, of rural Loda, died at 8:49 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2026, at his home. A celebration of his life will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at The Cadillac, 108 W.

Growing up in the time and place I did was a blessing in itself. I had a whole landscape on the farm on which to play, work, imagine, build and, above all else, learn to drive and study all kinds of ...

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 ...

PAXTON – The Paxton Park Board approved an ordinance authorizing a short-term borrowing of funds not to exceed $50,000 from Frederick Community Bank in a special meeting held Tuesday. According to the ...

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 ...

PONTIAC — As expected, retired Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School teacher Paul L. Meuser was sentenced to 30 months of sex offender probation Monday following his guilty plea in May to felony charges of ...