PAXTON — More than a year ago, the decision was made that no criminal charges would be filed against suspended Paxton Buckley-Loda teacher and former coach Rob Pacey, the Ford County Chronicle has ...

GIBSON CITY — The former Telecare building, owned by the city, will undergo renovations in anticipation of its use as a child care center providing fullday care for as many as 35 local children ...

GIBSON CITY — As the Angel Warriors raised funds for veterans, cancer victims and others in need during 2024 and 2025, the Gibson City-based nonprofit group’s treasurer, Kelli Bell, made an estimated ...

PAXTON — 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.

GIBSON CITY — The Ford County Public Health Department and Ford County Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) will host a community harm reduction and Naloxone training from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, ...

I want to extend my congratulations to Bill Sherfey, a former resident of the 53rd District, on celebrating his 100th birthday. Reaching this incredible milestone is a testament to a life well lived, ...

Illinois is home to the largest number of working nuclear reactors of any U.S. state, with approximately 12% of all nuclear power in the United States being generated here. This is in spite of the ...

PAXTON — A Buckley man charged in Ford County with two felony counts each of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery in a public place is set to stand trial early next month. Leslie E.

Months went by, if not a couple of years. The young Gibson City boy, now a teen, had been across every inch of rail that traversed the town. He knew every switch and where the rail cars could spot, ...

Cissna Park’s annual Old Settlers Reunion sponsored by Cissna Park’s American Legion Post 527 is set for Thursday, Aug. 13, through Saturday, Aug. 15, at the village park downtown. The three-day event ...

I woke up in a panic dreaming that the letter E had been killed. What would we do without the hardest-working vowel in the English language? Without it, we’d all be speaking Nglish. Without E, we ...

I am reluctant to say that this article really dates me. Not everyone may connect with riding the school bus five days a week since rural families are now fewer and smaller. Today, school buses are ...