SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police notified the Illinois Attorney General’s Office on Friday that they were finally working to process the Ford County Chronicle’s Freedom of Information Act request — ...

Going into another year leading the Paxton Buckley Loda school district’s band program, Josh and Dayna Breen are aiming to take it to the next level. “We’ve got lots of goals,” Mr. Breen said. “We ...

My wife, Rachel, and I appeared before the Paxton City Council many times over the past several years with regard to the keeping of backyard hens. This is something that many communities across the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police notified the Illinois Attorney General’s Office on Friday that they were finally working ...

MELVIN — The agenda for the Melvin Village Board’s July 14 meeting, which occurred at 7 p.m. past the Ford County Chronicle’s publication deadline, included approval of the appointment of a new ...

The Paxton Pirates won 279-173 over the Gibson Area Swim Team on Saturday. The lady Pirates defeated the GAST 181-80 while ...

A former Decatur man was sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of indecent solicitation of a ...

BUCKLEY — Village Attorney George Cuonzo updated the village board during its monthly meeting on Monday, July 6, on the status of a couple of properties in need of cleanup and demolition work, ...

If you’ve been a Christian very long at all you’ve heard the name, Charles Spurgeon. Spurgeon was a remarkable man. Often ...

I have always thought of myself as a “middle-of-the-roader” when it comes to politics. I have voted for presidents who have won and a couple who have lost. I have discovered that some of the ones I ...

PAXTON – During her director’s report at the Paxton Park Board meeting on Tuesday, Paxton Park District Recreation Director Gillian Littleton told a story about saving a pig’s life earlier that day.

For two months, Illinois State Police have ignored the Ford County Chronicle’s Freedom of Information Act request for the ...