Paxton IGA owners Craig and Candi Riecks are selling the grocery store to Kirby Foods Inc. The couple and Kirby Foods announced the plans in a Feb. 5 news release, saying the transaction is expected ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh-grade volleyball team won 25-21, 25-22 over Fisher on Tuesday. Emmalynn Shumate had five kills and five aces for PBL (5-3) while Violet Foster had six aces and one kill ...

The Paxton Park District is hosting a youth baseball game at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at Nelson Field. Pregame ceremonies ...

A Champaign man and Chicago man were arrested this month on warrants charging them with armed robbery with a firearm in ...

Over a 20-month span during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dee Ann Schippert spent at least 759 hours at a Watseka gambling ...

Ebertfest is rolling around again April 23-26 at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, as it has for the last 25 years, and ...

After last year’s narrow loss to The Hinsdalean in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Excellence in News Contest, the ...

Four people allegedly involved in what police called “a major drug distribution ring in Gibson City and surrounding towns” ...

The Rev. William Smith Jr. — pastor of the First Congregational Church in Weymouth, Mass., in 1734 — envisioned American ...

In Joe Biden’s last 15 minutes of presidency, he preemptively pardoned “Dr.” Anthony Fauci, “General” Mark Milley and members ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board approved the hiring of Michael Schwenk as GCMS High School’s next assistant ...

Starting his first year in the Illinois Senate, state Sen. Chris Balkema, R-Channahon, has been appointed to the Senate’s ...