PAXTON — Colmac Coil, a manufacturing plant on Paxton’s west side, will be constructing a 60-by-300-foot addition to one of its existing buildings, Mayor Bill Ingold revealed to members of the Paxton ...

In my previous article from John 3:16-21 we looked at the fact that the love of God is a comforting love. What a comfort to know that we’re loved—not merely as a sentiment or emotion—but a love that ...

HEART OF ILLINOIS CONFERENCE INDOOR MEET At Bloomington BOYS Team scores 1. Eureka, 137; 2. El Paso-Gridley, 115; 3. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 83; 4. Tri-Valley, 57 ...

CLIFTON – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity softball team lost 12-6 to Clifton Central on Thursday. Taylor Beck hit 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored. Bella Young hit 2-for-4 with ...

PAXTON — More than midway through its 23-year life span, Paxton’s first tax-increment financing district achieved a long-awaited milestone in fiscal year 2025, finally eclipsing the $1 million mark in ...

Leslie Earl “Les” Symmonds, 66, of Rankin, Illinois, passed away on March 12, 2026, in Largo, Florida, while vacationing with his beloved wife, Debbie. He was born on July 4, 1959, in Paxton, Illinois ...

I am co-sponsoring a legislative package aimed at strengthening protections for children and cracking down on trafficking, grooming, sexual exploitation and predatory offenders. The package is ...

Just back from vacation, I looked over the headlines to see what I missed. It turns out, quite a lot. Both House and Senate Democrats tried to rein in President Donald Trump’s war powers over ...

House Republicans have been working to bring down the skyrocketing cost of living in Illinois. There have been several bills introduced which would bring down costs or allow Illinoisans to keep more ...

Winds pick up 600-pound cow bale feeder, send it into vehicle RURAL PAXTON — A 600-pound metal cow bale feeder was picked up by the wind and hit a vehicle at Ford County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dave ...

Last time, we had a refresher class in seed starting. Today, we’ll review things beginning gardeners need to know and seasoned gardeners may have forgotten. Like any other real estate, the most ...

BLOOMINGTON — The Illinois Farm Bureau, in partnership with county Farm Bureaus, has awarded 30 grants totaling $120,000 through its Rural Development Grant Program to support local projects across ...