PBL JH boys basketball vs. Iroquois West

GCMS girls basketball loses 53-19 to Tremont

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity girls basketball team lost 53-19 to Tremont on Thursday. Ava Kurtenbach and Kate Kristensen each scored six points for GCMS (3-14, 1-5 Heart of Illinois Conference) while Cally Kroon had four points, Rylee Stephens had two points and Savannah Shumate had one point. For Tremont, Whitney Rumbold had 24 points while Erin Pulliam […]

PBL girls basketball loses 37-25 to Unity

TOLONO – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity girls basketball team lost 37-25 to Tolono Unity on Thursday. Emily Robidoux and Lorena Arnett each had five points for PBL (8-7, 1-1 Illini Prairie Conference) while Lillie Frichtl and Makenna Ecker each had four points, Trixie Johnson had three points and Maisy Johnson and Bailey Bruns each had two points. For Unity, Katey Moore […]

Obituary: Russell Ehlers

Russell D. Ehlers, 78, peacefully passed away at 2:57 am Thursday January 6, 2022 at The Gibson Area Hospital. A Masonic service will be held at 9:30 am Saturday January 15, 2022 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. Visitation will be held from 10:00am-12:00 noon with a Celebration of Life starting at noon with Pastor Micah Klemme officiating. Memorial […]

PBL seventh-grade boys basketball wins 14-12 over Iroquois West

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade boys basketball team earned its second win of the season via a 14-12 score over Iroquois West on Thursday. Ben Strebeck scored 10 points for PBL while Wyatt Gustafson had two points and Konnor Burnett and Mason Loschen each had one point. Gustafson pulled down eight rebounds while Loschen grabbed seven rebounds and Strebeck had […]

PBL eighth-grade boys basketball wins 32-15 over Iroquois West

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade boys basketball team won 32-15 over Iroquois West on Thursday. The Panthers outscored Iroquois West 21-1 in the first quarter and 8-5 in the second to take a 29-6 lead into halftime. Tyler Cole led all PBL scorers with 11 points while grabbing four rebounds and recording two assists and two steals. Ethan Williams had […]

Single mother of two: ‘We lost everything’ in house fire

By WILL [email protected] ROBERTS — Natalie Grissom and her two children lost their home and most of their possessions in a fire Sunday, but they are thankful they still have each other. “It’s like the main thing that matters, you know?” Grissom said. “Everything else is replaceable, so, I think, for the most part, we’ll be OK.” The single mother […]

Illinois State Representative Tom Bennett: Spring session underway

The 2022 spring session of the Illinois General Assembly began this week, with the House and Senate returning to Springfield on Wednesday. This year’s session calendar has been compressed into a shorter timeframe. Instead of being in session until May 31, we are scheduled to complete our work and adjourn on April 8. The number of actual days scheduled to […]

Obituary: Sandra Dazey

Sandra K. Dazey, 77 of Bloomington; formerly of Milford, passed away at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Arcadia Care, Bloomington. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 high noon at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Stockland.  Baier Family Funeral Services, Paxton is handling arrangements. Sandra was born August 4, 1944, in Tuscola the daughter of Bernith and Hollis Marie […]