When Andrew Rosten exited the Ford County Chronicle’s office in downtown Paxton late Thursday morning carrying a suddenly broken trophy in his arms, our trip to the Illinois Press Association’s annual ...

This series of articles has been aimed to the gardener who is starting a new bed. So far, if you have been following along, you have chosen the best location in your yard, outlined the growing area, ...

DWIGHT – The Armstrong-Potomac High School baseball team won 8-1 over Gardner-South Wilmington in the IHSA Class 1A Dwight Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. Ryan Edwards hit 3-for-4 with a double and ...

In the earliest days of settlement in Central Illinois, long before roads crossed the prairie and before towns like Chatsworth existed, there stood a dark grove of timber rising from the endless ...

EFFINGHAM (AP) — In Illinois farm country, there’s a 70-year-old pickup truck waiting on a fresh coat of canary yellow paint. It’s the first vehicle my dad learned to drive, as a young boy helping ...

ELLIOTT — Village trustees met a second time in May for the purpose of addressing items said to have been left off the regular monthly meeting’s agenda and to see about progress on several ...

Here are some sights from Wednesday’s IHSA Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Dwight, which GCMS won 4-3 … ...

In my previous article from Psalm 85, we saw that the psalmist is crying out to God for revival: “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you.” (85:6) I noted that revival can ...

ST. JOSEPH – The Paxton Swedes had 19 players available for their Eastern Illinois Baseball League season-opening doubleheader against the Royal Giants on Sunday. “That’s the most we’ve had show up ...

I filed a resolution last week to recognize the 50th anniversary of Ford County’s Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve. The Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve is located on the southern ...

As you may know, I’ve dipped my toe in the novel water. I just dipped it again with my second novel and fourth book. I don’t know why I do it. I have no illusion of becoming a best-selling author.

Birth to Five Illinois’ Region 9 is inviting parents, caregivers, educators and community members to help shape the future of early-childhood services by serving on local action councils and family ...