Cissna Park girls basketball wins 54-20 over BHRA

CISSNA PARK – The Cissna Park High School girls basketball team won 54-20 over Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin on Wednesday. Addison Lucht had 17 points for the Timberwolves (2-0) while Brooklyn Stadeli also scored in double figures with 11 points. Mikayla Knake scored six points while Regan King had five points, Tricia Karas and Josie Neukomm each had four points, Gwen Chatterton had […]

Paxton’s goals, needs would be prioritized with MAPPING program

By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — Immediately prior to the Paxton City Council’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8, its community committee met to hear a presentation by staff of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University regarding its MAPPING the Future of Your Community program. Program director Gisele Hamm spent half an hour outlining the […]

70 years later, Gibson Area Hospital still here, still growing

By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] GIBSON CITY — When Gibson Area Hospital was built 70 years ago, the original building had 14 rooms — enough to accommodate 28 to 30 in-patients. With gradual expansion — including the recent construction of a medical office building — the hospital on Gibson City’s north side has seen much growth in the seven decades since. […]

Backyard chickens debate not yet over in Paxton


By WILL BRUMLEVE [email protected] PAXTON — A month after the Paxton City Council took a straw poll showing a lack of support among aldermen to pursue further discussions on a proposal to relax the city’s rules for backyard chickens, one resident who requested the change is not accepting “no” as an answer. “I do understand that the council is not […]

GCMS 8th-grade boys basketball stays unbeaten with wins over Iroquois West, Lexington

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley eighth-grade boys basketball team won 41-18 over Iroquois West on Tuesday. Graydon Leonard had 13 points while Tucker Mueller had seven points and Tristan Wooton had six points. The Falcons (4-0, 2-0 Twin County Conference) won 43-31 over Lexington on Monday, Nov. 14. Leonard had 16 points while Reed Tompkins had eight points and […]

Santa mailboxes to be at 10 locations in Paxton starting Nov. 28

PAXTON — Starting Monday, Nov. 28, kids can send letters to Santa by bringing them to any one of 10 special Santa mailboxes stationed at locations in Paxton. Those who do so will receive a new winter hat while supplies last. Santa mailboxes will be located at the Paxton IGA, 144 W. Pells St.; Hudson Drug & Hallmark Shop, 108 […]

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GCMS 7th-grade girls basketball wins regular-season finale over Clifton Nash

CLIFTON – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh-grade girls basketball team won 36-5 over Clifton Nash in its regular-season finale on Tuesday. Demi McCullough had nine points for GCMS (19-1) while Jillian Rosendahl had eight points, Zoe Wier had six points, Eidan Huddleston had five points, Brecke Barnard had four points and Rylee Phillips and Hala Dornbusch each had two points. The […]