GCMS High School volleyball wins 25-11, 25-17 over El Paso-Gridley
EL PASO — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School volleyball team won 25-11, 25-17 over El Paso-Gridley on Tuesday, March 16. Jessica Freehill and Lindsey Heinz had six and four kills, respectively, for GCMS in its season-opening match. Kira Fuoss added two aces and 15 service points while Freehill, Heinz and Savannah Shumate each had a block. Madison McCreary and Freehill […]
PBL High School volleyball wins in season opener over Cissna Park
PAXTON — In its season opener on Tuesday, March 16, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team overcame deficits in both sets en route to a 26-24, 25-20 victory. “We did get the win. It wasn’t very pretty, but we have so many returners, I had faith that they would pull through toward the end, and they did,” PBL head coach Lindsay […]
Fisher/GCMS soccer starts season with 3-1 win over Warrensburg-Latham
FISHER — The Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity soccer team defeated Warrenburg-Latham 3-1 in its season opener on Tuesday. The Bunnies scored two goals in the second half to break a 1-1 halftime tie as Alex Minion scored the game-winning goal off a Seth Kollross assist in the 45th minute and Seth Barnes tallied an unassisted goal in the 63rd minute. In […]
Ford County Public Health Department COVID-19 update (March 17, 2021)
Ford County Public Health Department (FCPHD) is announcing 5 new cases. Ford County has a total of 1,626cases. Of those, 947 are confirmed cases and 679 are probable cases. These cases are from March 15th through March 17th.There has been a total of 44 COVID-19 related deaths.Please be aware our office is still unable to provide certain statistics due to […]
Obituary: Donald Armstrong
Sibley- Donald F. Armstrong, 78, of Sibley, passed away peacefully Tuesday March 16, 2021 at Carle Foundation Hospital with his family at his side. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Friday March 19, 2021 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City with funeral services to begin at 12:00 p.m. with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be at […]
PBL Youth Football/Cheerleading signups open
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda youth football/cheerleading program opis open to registration to all kids from third through eighth grade. They will compete against other ocal programs between August and October in three different age groups: Mighty Mites (3rd-4th grades), Juniors (5th-6th grades) and Seniors (7th-8th grades). There are 25 spots available for each team. In the event that more than […]
