GCMS volleyball defeats Ridgeview, loses to LeRoy in HOIC Tournament

MACKINAW – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity volleyball team won 25-16, 25-15 over Ridgeview in the consolation bracket of the Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament on Thursday. Savannah Shumate broke the school’s single-season record for blocks with 43 as she finished the match with two kills and one block. Natalie DeSchepper had five kills while Korah Palumbo had three kills, one […]

PBL volleyball loses in three sets to St. Thomas More

CHAMPAIGN – The Paxton-Buckley-Loa varsity volleyball team concluded regular-season play with a three-set loss to St. Thomas More on Thursday. Bailey Bruns led PBL (15-17, 3-6 Illini Prairie Conference) in kills with nine while Aubrey Busboom had 20 assists and two aces, Gracelyn Greenburg had three blocks, Araya Stack had 11 assists and Trixie Johnson had two aces. The PBL […]

PBL freshman football loses 14-12 to St. Joseph-Ogden

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman football team lost 14-12 to St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday. With the loss, PBL ended its season with a record of 6-1. Mason Vaughan scored on a 45-yard touchdown run with 6:09 left in the second quarter to cut PBL’s deficit to 7-6. After SJO went into halftime leading 14-6, Vaughan found Tyler Cole on a […]

Photo gallery: PBL freshman football vs. St. Joseph-Ogden

Obituary: Troy Jamison

Troy Allen Jamison, 56, of Bellflower passed away Friday October 14, 2022 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Visitation will be held 4:00-7:00 pm Friday October 21, 2022 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 am Saturday October 22, 2022 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. In lieu of […]

Paxton man, his ex-girlfriend charged with intimidation, violating order of protection

By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — A Paxton man awaiting trial on felony charges alleging he kept his girlfriend in their home against her will and repeatedly beat her over the course of a weekend in early September is facing additional felony charges alleging he tried to intimidate her through threatening text messages he instructed an ex-girlfriend to send. Ford […]

Chicago men arrested in Paxton after assortment of cannabis products, cash found in traffic stop

By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — Two men from Chicago were arrested by Paxton police on felony cannabis-dealing charges on Friday, Oct. 14, after a large assortment of marijuana products plus $1,800 in cash were found in their possession during a traffic stop. Paxton Police Chief Coy Cornett said the two men — Fabian Lopez and Christian Luciano, both 20 […]

Paxton Police Blotter (Oct. 20, 2022)


PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: — Benjamin K. Mason, 26, of Paxton, was arrested for driving on a revoked driver’s license and ticketed for disobeying a stop sign during a traffic stop at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in the 300 block of East Summer Street. The traffic stop was conducted after […]

Obituary: Steve Coplea

Steve Coplea, age 70, of Dallas, TX, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at Medical City Hospital in Dallas.  He was born on November 6, 1951, in Paxton, the son of Gib and Juanita (Wilkey) Coplea. He is survived by one sister, Dawn (John) Overstreet of Paxton; one brother, Mark (Jodi) Coplea of Loda; six nephews, Justin (Jen) Overstreet, […]

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