The Ford County Board’s farm committee advanced a proposal to the full board Wednesday to seek sealed bids from farmers for ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School cross country team is undergoing some changes. Sally Ellis was hired as the head coach of ...

A Melvin man remains jailed on charges alleging he possessed and distributed child pornography. Michael M. McPherson, 46, who ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- William Nolan, 18, of Rantoul, was arrested ...

The city council Monday night rejected preliminary plans for the construction of two eight-unit apartment buildings and six senior eligible duplexes on three acres just west of the Villas of Holly ...

In celebration of the start of August and the “dog days of summer,” the Paxton Carnegie Library is asking patrons to bring in a mounted or framed photo of their favorite dog — and to provide any ...

This old scribe thinks so. Last Friday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a political bombshell that should’ve had newsrooms across the country scrambling in search of truth and ...

As his Eagle Scout project, local Boy Scout Hudson Larson designed, provided funding and constructed two park benches at ...

Writing about the effects of life’s trials and tribulations on a person is a method for some that helps deal with the loss of ...

Hard-working, crazy uncle, listener, intellectual, silly grandpa, open, complex, a bon vivant, his own person, quiet, timid, sweet with a kind heart. All those words were used to describe one person ...

MELVIN — Melvin Village President Austin Fancher told the Ford County Chronicle that he resigned Monday night, effective ...

The Paxton Swedes will host the Buckley Dutchmasters in the Eastern Illinois Baseball League Tournament semifinals at 2 p.m. Sunday. With an 11-5 record, the Swedes enter the tournament as the second ...