RANKIN — Arcelia Watson was raised on a rural Rankin farm where her family lived a hard-scrabble, almost hand-to-mouth existence. Watson refused to let poverty in her early life define her existence.

Geronimo Power has established an office in the Marshall Building in downtown Paxton for its proposed Sprouting Skies Wind Farm in Ford and Iroquois counties. The 500-megawatt project would comprise ...

PAXTON – Gillian Littleton started her first week as the Paxton Park District’s recreation director on Wednesday. Only one day in, the Paris native says she feels “like I’m home.” “I feel blessed,” ...

PAXTON — In a lawsuit filed this week, the mother of a former Clara Peterson Elementary School first-grader claims that her daughter was inappropriately touched for months by teacher Rob Pacey during ...

EAST PEORIA — The Ford County Chronicle came away from the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention with a haul of awards for work published in 2025, including a dozen first-place plaques and ...

Last year’s Iroquois County Fair queen, Rae Stucki of Donovan, and last year’s Little Miss Iroquois County Fair queen, Tinley Rust of Loda, pose with the 15 youngsters from Iroquois County who will be ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that it has awarded $495,000 in federal grants to 73 volunteer fire departments across the state — including several in East ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A Minnesota based company plans to build a 500-megawatt wind farm spanning about 200,000 acres in Ford and Iroquois counties. As Ford County Board Chairman Chase McCall of Gibson ...

Gary Reynolds, 75, of Gifford, IL left this earth on Friday, June 12, 2026 . He was born on June 29,1950 in Paxton, IL, son of Glen Reynolds and Edith (Parsons) Reynolds. Gary is survived by his ...

PAXTON — A Paxton based residential garbage hauler and commercial waste collection company has been sold to a Florida-based company. GFL Environmental, based in Miami Beach, has purchased Central ...

With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Floyd “Bud” Michael Otto, Jr., a beloved patriarch, dedicated farmer, and pillar of the Roberts community. Bud departed peacefully on June 9, 2026, at ...

URBANA — Onetime Roberts resident Paul E. Theesfield, who was sentenced in 2022 to 12 years in federal prison for striking a woman with his vehicle in Gibson City as part of a bizarre plot to kidnap ...