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St. John’s 8th-grade volleyball wins in three sets over Cissna Park to claim regional title

BUCKLEY – For Leah Jungels, the head coach of the St. John’s volleyball team, things are one win away from coming full circle. In 1994, Jungels graduated from St. John’s and was part of the team that earned Mary Cowan’s first trip to state. The Eagles made it to the elite eight that season. Thirty years later, Jungels is one […]

Train, vehicle collide southwest of Gibson City


GIBSON CITY — A train and vehicle collided in rural Gibson City on Wednesday night, causing extensive damage to the vehicle and non-life-threatening injuries to the vehicle’s driver, Ford County Sheriff Chad Johnson said in a news release Thursday. The train’s occupants were uninjured, Johnson said. The Ford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the collision around 9:36 p.m. Wednesday, March […]

PBL 8th-grade volleyball wins 25-22, 25-14 over GCMS in regional semifinals

HOOPESTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade volleyball team won 25-22, 25-14 over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in the IESA Class 3A Hoopeston Area regional semifinals on Tuesday. It was the Panthers’ third matchup against GCMS, who defeated PBL 25-16, 25-14 in the Twin County Conference Tournament and 25-15, 20-25, 23-25 in the regular season. “I am so proud of these girls,” PBL eighth-grade […]

Save Our Illinois Land files testimony opposing proposed CO2 pipeline


SPRINGFIELD — On behalf of the citizens group Save Our Illinois Land, a Champaign attorney last week filed dozens of pages of written testimony in opposition to One Earth Sequestration LLC’s proposed OES Pipeline, with concerns voiced by affected landowners, first responders of a carbon dioxide pipeline rupture four years ago in Mississippi, and industry experts. Attorney Joseph Murphy of […]

Ford County EMA coordinator: CO2 pipeline comes with ‘very high’ safety risks, emergency-preparedness costs


SPRINGFIELD — If One Earth Sequestration LLC’s proposed 7.34-mile carbon dioxide pipeline ends up being built, Ford County’s fire departments, hospital and ambulance service would be unprepared for a potential pipeline rupture and CO2 leak, the county’s emergency management agency coordinator said, unless hundreds of thousands of dollars is invested in specialized emergency response plans, training and equipment, including a […]

Paxton Police Blotter: Rantoul man arrested for driving with no license

PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: — Adolfo Reyna Rodriguez, 28, of Rantoul, was arrested for driving with no valid driver’s license and ticketed for operating a vehicle with no rear registration lamp and failure to wear a seat belt during a traffic stop at 7:29 p.m. March 2, near the intersection of […]

PBL’s Didier ‘honored and humbled’ to be named middle school principal of year


PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School Principal Josh Didier said he is “honored and humbled” to have been named the Horace Mann/Illinois Principal Association Junior High/Middle School Principal of the Year for the Corn Belt Region, one of 17 regions in the state. Didier, 47, who has been principal of PBL Junior High School since 2012 and previously served for […]

ICC staff recommends denial of permit for One Earth Sequestration Pipeline


SPRINGFIELD — An engineer for the Illinois Commerce Commission is recommending the denial of a Gibson City ethanol facility’s application for a permit to build and operate a 7.34-mile carbon dioxide pipeline in western Ford and eastern McLean counties, citing in written testimony the number of uncertainties surrounding the project’s viability and safety. Opponents of the $19 million project proposed […]

Paxton Police Blotter: Pair from Texas nabbed with drugs in traffic stop


PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: — Mara E. Hinojosa, 31, of Cedar Park, Texas, and Joseph F. Wilson, 25, of Gatesville, Texas, were each arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal transportation of adult-use cannabis during a traffic stop in the 200 block of East State Street around […]

Mayor: Retention pond project ‘a good start’ in tackling city’s drainage issues


GIBSON CITY — Mayor Dan Dickey said he is committed to tackling Gibson City’s drainage issues. The city council’s 5-2 vote on Monday, Feb. 26, to approve the purchase of a triangular-shaped, 16-acre tract of land on the northeast side of town to build a retention pond, Dickey said, is “a good start.” “This is big,” Dickey said after the […]


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