PAXTON — Just over half of Ford County’s 9,519 registered voters cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 general election. Unofficial results posted on the Ford County Clerk & Recorder’s Office’s new election ...

PAXTON — A Champaign man charged in Ford County Circuit Court with armed robbery with a firearm for his alleged role in a March 2025 holdup at Paxton’s Fulton Park is due back in court next month for ...

PAXTON — A Paxton man whose struggles with drug addiction were profiled in the Ford County Chronicle during National Recovery Month in 2025 has been sentenced to four years in state prison after ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Dylan C. McCubbins, 26, of Paxton, was ...

PAXTON — La Hacienda Cantina, a Mexican restaurant in downtown Paxton, announced its closure in a post on social media on Wednesday, Nov. 4. “With very heavy hearts, we want to announce that we will ...

CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois journalists are tired of talking about our media landscape problems. The latest State of Local News report was released in October with a headline calling southern ...

PAXTON — Members of the Ford County Public Building Commission took a tour of a former nursing home on the outskirts of Paxton on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to see if the long-shuttered facility might be ...

My grandparents had a metalworking, repair and fabrication shop on 9th Street behind Ace Hardware in Gibson City. My dad worked there many years, and it was often the gathering center for a variety of ...

PAXTON — Leaders and parishioners of one of Paxton’s oldest churches are determining how to proceed now that the church’s pastor of 20 years is no longer with the church. The Rev. Steve Jones is no ...

In the larger Christian culture today, there are untold numbers of books that have been written about church growth. One way that’s often put forth is that churches should have wildly entertaining ...

ANNA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Human Services has scaled back its plans to close 75 minimum-security mental health beds at Choate Developmental Center in Anna, opting to keep 25 beds open ...

THURSDAY, NOV. 5 Gibson Area Chamber meeting GIBSON CITY — The public is invited to attend the Gibson Area Chamber of Commerce’s next meeting at noon Thursday, Nov. 5, to hear from guest speaker ...