GCMS girls basketball loses 50-18 to Fieldcrest

MINONK — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School girls basketball team lost 50-18 on Saturday to Fieldcrest. Ryleigh Brown led GCMS (1-4, 1-4 Heart of Illinois Conference) in scoring with five points while Mindy Brown had four points, Skyler Funk had three points and Ashley Hyatt, Savannah Shumate and Reagan Tompkins each had two points. For Fieldcrest, Haley Carver and Ashlyn […]

PBL JV boys basketball wins 32-14 over Momence

MOMENCE — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda junior varsity boys basketball team won 32-14 over Momence on Friday. In the first quarter, PBL outscored Momence 6-0 as Noah Steiner, Jeremiah Ager and Mason Uden each scored two points for the Panthers in the first quarter. Steiner made a basket and Ty Graham drained a 3-pointer to extend a 6-4 lead to 11-4. After […]

Paxton native publishes murder mystery fiction book

BLOOMINGTON — David Rohlfing, a Paxton native currently living in Bloomington, has written his first in a series of murder mystery fiction books featuring senior detective Sasha Frank with the Bloomington police department. The first book in the series is titled “Deliberate Duplicity” and is available via Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound. The book explores the twisted, vengeful mind […]

The Drew Rosten Show: Episode 53

drewrosten.libsyn.com/episode-53 Drew Rosten tells some light-hearted jokes about a high school girls basketball team while talking about some local high school basketball games played over the past week. He also talks a little about the national anthem controversy and some Illinois basketball.