GIBSON CITY — Residents from western Ford and eastern McLean counties affected by One Earth Sequestration’s proposed carbon sequestration project gathered near Gibson City on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to ...

CHAMPAIGN – The Cissna Park High School volleyball team went 1-4 in the Champaign Central Tournament on Saturday. Cissna Park won 25-23, 10-25, 15-13 over Champaign Central and lost 24-26, 25-22, ...

ELLIOTT — Paxton has its Swedes. Gifford has its Germans. Elliott has its Norwegians. When it came time to build a church in rural Elliott, the majority Norwegian population chose a site about a mile ...

Before he passed away, I played a lot of golf with my father. I’ll never forget the day we were playing the first hole at the Kankakee Country Club. I faced a long putt. The ball tracked perfectly ...

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PAXTON — The Ford County Board is expecting to approve a deficit budget in November, even after further adjustments are made to reflect more accurate revenue projections. It remains to be seen exactly ...

BISMARCK – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Middle School baseball team lost 4-0 to Clifton Nash on Wednesday. On the mound, Duncan White allowed two runs – one earned – on two hits and three walks with ...

PAXTON — Community members will once again have the opportunity to connect with local social service agencies and learn about resources available throughout Ford County at this year’s Community ...

ARMSTRONG – The Cissna Park High School volleyball team won 25-11, 25-15 over Armstrong-Potomac on Thursday. Marina Day had nine kills while Annika Stadeli and Ava Henrichs each had four kills. Mady ...

This summer, I was awakened by a tremendous storm in the middle of the night. My first thought was how much I don’t like the rain. I didn’t always feel this way. As a kid, I loved playing in the rain.

PAXTON — A Paxton woman pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary in two separate cases involving the theft of power tools from a Gibson City store on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and faces a potential prison ...

Democrat Tony Lee’s rant in the Sept. 9 edition of the Ford County Chronicle looked rather confusing to me. Lee quoted a poll that found the U.S. was one of the most corrupt countries on earth while ...