December 3, 2025
The Gibson City Restoration Association’s vice president, Denis Fisher, right, poses with Shaun Zimmerman during the association’s weekly Queen of Hearts drawing on Wednesday, Nov. 26, after Zimmerman’s ticket was pulled from the tumbler and he chose to see what was under card No. 13...
December 3, 2025
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2025. There are 28 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 3, 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India,...
PAXTON-BUCKLEY-LODA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLDecember 3, 2025
SCHAUMBURG — Paxton-Buckley Loda Junior High School seventh graders embarked on an educational field trip to the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in suburban Schaumburg on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The excursion served as the culmination to the students’ “Identity in the Middle Ages” unit, a...
SANTA MAILBOXES IN PAXTONDecember 3, 2025
PAXTON — Kids can send letters to Santa by bringing them to special Santa mailboxes stationed at locations in Paxton. Those who do so will receive a new winter hat while supplies last. Santa mailboxes are located at Amy Swan’s residence, 720. N. American St.,...
December 3, 2025
Paxton’s Christmas parade postponed to this Saturday PAXTON — Paxton’s annual Christmas Parade, sponsored by PRIDE in Paxton, has been rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, on Market Street in downtown Paxton. The theme for this year’s parade — which was postponed from Nov....
