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PBL volleyball loses in three sets to Westville
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 25-14, 17-25, 25-17 to Westville on Wednesday. With the win, Westville improved to 18-4 while PBL fell to 10-12. “Westville is a pretty good team, and they came to play tonight,” PBL head coach Tyler Rubarts said.…
Photo gallery: PBL volleyball vs. Westville (Sept. 30, 2026)
Here are some sights from Wednesday’s junior varsity and varsity matches, both of which ended in three-set victories for Westville … The post Photo gallery: PBL volleyball vs. Westville (Sept. 30, 2026) first appeared on Ford County Chronicle .
GCMS boys golfer Dayne White advances to sectionals
BLOOMINGTON – Dayne White of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley boys golf team earned a berth in the IHSA Class 1A sectional round. White finished ninth overall with a score of 77 at the Tri-Valley Regional on Wednesday. He will compete in the Monticello Sectional on Monday at the…
GCMS grad wins rodeo championship
DANVILLE — Layne Harden, a 2019 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School graduate, was the overall Reserve Champion of the Hangin’ on Tight 2026 Rodeo Series. The season started on the weekend of April 17-18 and concluded with the finals on Sept. 25-26 at Palmer Arena in Danville.…
UI, TechRise to host startup pitch competition with $25,000 prize
In partnership with the University, P33 Chicago’s TechRise will host its annual startup pitch competition Thursday, where five companies will compete for $25,000 in funding. The competition will be at 5:00 p.m. at EnterpriseWorks, the startup incubator at Research Park. Five…
UI student launches social media app
A University student recently developed and launched a social networking app, kwyd: plans with close friends. First made publicly available in August, the app seeks to create a space where friends can spontaneously meet up and create memories. Adam Wittwer, junior in LAS and…
Illini Electric Motorsports revs up engine to compete
For some, the screeching of tires, the smell of rubber and the soreness in their hands from gripping the steering wheel indicate a bad car ride. But for the Illini Electric Motorsports team, it signifies a successful day of training. Initially specializing in combustion vehicles,…
Campus Scout | Your ‘business professor’ is actually AI slop
Zǎoshang hǎo, it’s your friendly Campus Scout here! Sorry about the Mandarin, folks. Scout’s artificial intelligence assistant, his new, improved and too-dangerous-to-be-publicly-released Brain-Blaster 2.0 must’ve had some Mandarin in its training data. Scout is not sure how it…
Obituary: Irma Tibbetts
Irma Louise Tibbetts, 95, of Paxton passed away at 2:05 p.m. Monday, September 28, 2026 at Bickford of Champaign. Private family graveside services will be held at Glen Cemetery, Paxton. Baier Family Funeral Services, Paxton is handling arrangements. Irma was born February 28,…
Letter to the Editor | UI students: SIUE’s student paper needs your help
College is perhaps the best place on Earth to develop critical thinking skills and real-world experience. At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, those opportunities are under threat. I’m Dylan Hembrough, editor-in-chief of SIUE’s student newspaper, The Alestle. I’ve been…
4 book-to-movie adaptations to cozy up to this fall
As the leaves begin to change color and the air turns crisp, it’s time to pull out your sweaters and settle in. If visiting pumpkin patches, finding your way through corn mazes or going on hayrides isn’t your thing, you might find yourself wanting to lie back and enjoy a good…
FULL HOUSE AT HEARING
GIBSON CITY — Residents from western Ford and eastern McLean counties affected by One Earth Sequestration’s proposed carbon sequestration project gathered near Gibson City on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to hear testimony and tell Environmental Protection Agency officials whether they…