Early voting for April election gets under way in Ford County

By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — Before the first early votes were cast Monday for the April 6 consolidated election in Ford County, County Clerk & Recorder Amy Frederick had no reason to believe this spring’s election will be any different than those in years past — low voter turnout included. For some reason or another, Frederick said, consolidated elections […]

University of Illinois receives FDA approval for saliva-based COVID-19 test

Third COVID-19 vaccine approved as statewide case positivity rate declines By GRACE BARBIC Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The University of Illinois System received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday for its saliva-based COVID-19 test, as the statewide seven-day rolling positivity rate reached 2.4 percent. The FDA approval allows for the covidSHIELD test to expand […]

GCMS girls basketball vs. Fisher

PBL girls basketball remains undefeated in SVC with overtime win over Clifton Central

CLIFTON — It took more than the 32 minutes of regulation to get it done, but the Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity girls basketball team obtained its fifth Sangamon Valley Conference win of the season. The Panthers won 53-47 in overtime over Clifton Central after outscoring the Comets 9-3 in the overtime period. Losa Suaava made a go-ahead free throw. After Clifton Central […]

GCMS girls basketball loses 46-24 to Fisher

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity girls basketball team lost 46-24 to Fisher on Monday. “The girls are working hard. We’re getting the shots we want,” GCMS head coach Keri Dornbusch said. “A lot of shots just didn’t fall for us tonight. That really hurt us. It’s hard to stay in games when shots aren’t falling. Our shot selection […]

Ford County Public Health Department COVID-19 update (March 2, 2021)