Obituary: Paul D. Cleary

PAXTON — Paul D. Cleary, 89, of Paxton, died at 4:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. A mass of Christian burial was at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Baier Family Funeral Services, 406 E. Pells St., Paxton, with Father Dong Van Bui officiating. Burial followed in Glen Cemetery in Paxton. […]

PBL 7th-grade volleyball loses in two sets to Tri-Point

PIPER CITY — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team lost 25-9, 25-10 to Tri-Point on Wednesday. Olivia Rehg, Anna Hudson and Addyson Kinnaird each had a kill for PBL. Rehg also had three aces and Kyleigh Williams had an ace as well. Tri-Point def. PBL 25-9, 25-10At Piper CityFor PBL (0-4), kills: Olivia Rehg, Anna Hudson, Addyson Kinnaird; aces: Rehg 3, […]

PBL 7th-grade boys basketball loses in overtime to Monticello

MONTICELLO — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade boys basketball team lost 40-35 in overtime to Monticello on Thursday. The Panthers outscored Monticello 20-15 in the fourth quarter to force overtime before the Sages outscored PBL 5-0 in the overtime period. Tyler Cole scored seven of his game-total nine points during the fourth quarter while Troy Emberson made two 3-pointers during the quarter […]

PBL girls basketball wins 58-56 over Iroquois West

GILMAN — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda high School varsity girls basketball team won 58-56 Thursday over Iroquois West. The game was tied entering the fourth quarter, but PBL (4-0, 3-0 Sangamon Valley Conference) outscored Iroquois West 12-10 in the final quarter. Baylee Cosgrove scored a go-ahead basket to give the Panthers a 48-46. After the Raiders tied the game at 48-48, Lorena […]

PBL 8th-grade boys basketball loses 36-34 to Monticello

MONTICELLO — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade boys basketball team lost 36-34 to Monticello on Thursday. Charles Cambridge led PBL in scoring with 13 points while Sawyer Floyd and Matthew Suaava each had eight points, Bryar Cosgrove had three points and Landyn Buhrmaster had two points. Cambridge posted a double-double as he also grabbed 11 rebounds. Floyd had six rebounds while Cosgrove […]

GCMS 7th-grade boys basketball defeats Rantoul St. Malachy; 8th-graders lose to STM

RANTOUL — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade boys basketball team won 35-3 over Rantoul St. Malachy on Thursday. The Falcons outscored St. Malachy 13-1 in the first quarter, 7-0 in the second quarter, 10-2 in the third quarter and 5-0 in the fourth quarter. The GCMS eighth-grade boys basketball team lost 37-23 to St. Malachy. Ryker Grauer had seven points while […]

GCMS freshman boys basketball loses 34-29 to Watseka

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley freshman boys basketball team lost 34-29 to Watseka on Thursday. Isaiah Johnson and Alex Ward were the Falcons’ scoring leaders with nine points each. FRESHMAN BOYSWatseka 34, GCMS 29WAT 2 13 13 6 — 34GCMS 13 6 2 8 — 29WatsekaPotter 1-0-2, Ketchum 0-0-0, Lynch 0-0-0, Combes 0-0-0, Hoi 3-0-8, LaBelle 2-0-4, Curtis 0-0-0, […]

In president’s absence, Loda trustees take action

By SANDY COFFEY Chronicle correspondent LODA — In the absence of its president, Carol Arseneau, the Loda Village Board voted 5-0 during last week’s meeting to allow the installation of a steel blade on the town’s snow plow — something that Arseneau had not allowed due to concerns it would tear up the roads. Trustee Gene Breeden said the plow’s […]

Illinois State Representative Tom Bennett: Governor proposes new state budget

Governor Pritzker delivered his 2021 budget address on Wednesday. He is once again proposing an unbalanced budget based on hypothetical revenues and tax hikes. This is the wrong approach to solving Illinois’ budget woes. It relies on nearly a billion dollars in new taxes on job creators and repeats the mistake made last year of relying on the hope of […]

CAPITOL RECAP: Governor’s budget focuses on corporate tax changes

By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday, Feb. 17, that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily on changes to the state’s corporate tax structure that lawmakers have not yet approved. The budget proposal, which is only the governor’s request for lawmakers in the General […]