Obituary: Michael Warner

Michael Vern “Mike” Warner, Sr., 75, of rural Thawville passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at his home. Visitation will be 1:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 11, at Baier Family Funeral Services, 406 E Pells, Paxton. Mike was born March 5, 1947 in Chicago Heights the son of William Vern and Maxine Annamay Collins Warner. He married Jan Kay Shepard December […]

Photo gallery: PBL freshman football vs. Fisher

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman football team improved to 3-0 with its third shutout victory of the season, beating Fisher 48-0 on Thursday. Here are some sights from Thursday’s game …

Photo gallery: Rantoul/PBL soccer vs. Oakwood/Salt Fork

Here are some sights from Thursday’s match between Rantoul/PBL and Oakwood/Salt Fork at the Rantoul Family Sports Complex, which Rantoul/PBL lost 5-0 …

Photo gallery: GCMS volleyball at Fisher

GCMS girls golf places first in meet at Shewami

SHELDON — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley girls golf team finished first among three teams with a score of 227, ahead of Watseka (230) and Beecher (234), in a meet held Thursday at Shewami Country Club. The lady Falcons’ Halie Heinz was the top medalist with a score of 45 while Lizzie Giroux shot a 58, Anna Warren shot a 59 and […]

Fisher/GCMS soccer wins 8-0 over Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond

FISHER – The Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley soccer team won 8-0 over Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond on Thursday. The Bunnies (6-3-1) took a 4-0 halftime lead. David Hull scored off an Isaiah Johnson assist in the seventh minute. Caleb Zwilling scored in the 18th minute before Chase Minion scored 10 minutes later off a Kollross assist and again off another Kollross assist in the 34th […]

GCMS MS baseball defeats PBL JH 12-2; Panthers win three-inning second game over Falcons

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Middle School baseball team won 12-2 over Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School in game one of a doubleheader played on Thursday. In the second inning, PBL took a 2-0 lead as Ben Strebeck and Grant Marshall each singled before Strebeck scored on a passed ball and Marshall crossed home plate on an error on a […]

GCMS volleyball loses in three sets to Fisher

FISHER – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity volleyball team lost 21-25, 25-19, 25-15 to Fisher on Thursday. “That was a tough match,” GCMS head coach Crystal Richard said. “It was not the way we expected it to go.” Sophia Ray and Natalie DeSchepper each recorded a kill to turn a 1-0 deficit in the first set into a 2-1 lead for […]

Fire destroys Paxton home, displaces its residents

By WILL [email protected] PAXTON — Fire engulfed a one-story home Friday morning next to the Howard Thomas Park on West Holmes Street in Paxton, destroying the structure and displacing its residents. Paxton Fire Chief Denny Kingren said the blaze in the 300 block of West Holmes Street was called in at 6:24 a.m. “One of the guys coming to the […]

Pastor Steve Jones — Betrayal: ‘A Close Friend in Whom I Trusted’

In this series of articles we’re looking at Psalm 41, a Psalm written by David. This is an important text for a number of reasons, but especially as it teaches us that God blesses those who rightly seek to help those—both physically and spiritually—who are experiencing weakness, oppression and even helplessness. We may need a helping hand in a number […]