19+ hour, 57+ min ago   (179+ words) As some fans at Zimmerman Field may have noticed, I showed up to the Paxton-Buckley-Loda homecoming football game last Friday wearing my old No. 86 high school football jersey. Why? Was I trying to show respect to the Paxton High School…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (141+ words) Iu2019ve been working on impressions for my stand-up comedy routine. So, this is my impression of my friend, Bob: u201cHi. Iu2019m Bob.u201d Iu2019ll admit itu2019s not a great impression. It sounds a lot like me but with a fake baritone voice. Nobody in the audience…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (135+ words) If you say something enough times, even if it is a lie, people will eventually believe it. If you do something immoral and you do it repeatedly, people will eventually accept it as appropriate. This effect has a name. It…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (136+ words) People retire every day. I still do. Every day. But some people never really retire and just u201ckeep on keepinu2019 on,u2019u201d as folk singer Len Chandler sang in the song with that title back in the u201860s. The phrase is almost a clichu00e9 now....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (140+ words) In a letter to the editor published in last weeku2019s Ford County Chronicle, L.R. Adam took me to task for my recent column, u201cThe Troubled Rise of Democratic Socialism.u201d First and foremost, I thank her for reading it and taking the time to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (130+ words) I recently watched the Thunderbirds perform at Grissom Air Force Base outside Peru, Ind. From the time the jets took off to their final maneuver and landing, a flood of emotion came over me. For those around Central Illinois in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (134+ words) The Gibson City-Melvin Sibley school districtu2019s outdoor recreational spaces received about $3.1 million in upgrades this summer. Superintendent Jeremy Darnell said a grand opening event to celebrate the completion of the projects with the community will be held in September, possibly in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (129+ words) GIBSON CITY u2014 A Grand Rapids, Mich.- based firm has assumed management of three area Villas of Holly Brook assisted-living facilities, all of which have been sold. Priority Health officials recently met with residents and staff of the three establishments in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (136+ words) PAXTON u2014 Members of the Roncevich family have been paying a few thousand dollars a year in real estate taxes to maintain their ownership of the historical A.J. Laurence building in downtown Paxton. That appears to be about all they have maintained,…...