PBL JH baseball loses 5-4 to Prairie Central in season opener

FORREST – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School baseball team lost 5-4 to Prairie Central in its season opener on Thursday. Mason Hazelwood hit a double and had two RBIs while Konnor Burnett doubled and scored two runs. On the mound, Hazelwood allowed five runs – three earned – on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts through 6 2/3 […]

Pastor Steve Jones: Wisdom Seeking Understanding

We live in a world today where there’s much anger and division between political parties in Washington D.C., as well as vitriolic language regularly spewed out toward others in cities and hamlets all over this nation. The rhetoric has been elevated to such a fever pitch that civility in our conversations and honest care for others is often woefully lacking. […]