PAXTON — The Paxton City Council authorized Police Chief Coy Cornett on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to spend up to $70,000 on the purchase of new portable radios for the police department. The 10 new Motorola ...

EAST ST. LOUIS — An adjunct instructor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is facing federal charges for allegedly using his university-issued credit card to pay for tens of thousands of ...

It can be hard to leave a house you’ve lived in for more than a quarter century. We make a lot of memories in our homes, but I think it’s even more difficult when you built the house yourself. I can’t ...

PAXTON — A former dental office in downtown Paxton could become the temporary new home of Ford County’s probation department, whose officers have been working remotely ever since their courthouse ...

GIFFORD — The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office continues to actively investigate the case of Heather Zimmerman, who was last seen alive on May 26, 1997, in Gifford. Over the past 29-plus years, many ...

PAXTON — The schedule has been released for the 14th annual Paxton Swine ‘N’ Dine BBQ Contest & Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, in downtown Paxton. The event features a barbecue contest sanctioned by ...

In a letter to the editor published in last week’s Ford County Chronicle, L.R. Adam took me to task for my recent column, “The Troubled Rise of Democratic Socialism.” First and foremost, I thank her ...

Paxton police, along with Ford County sheriff’s deputies and Illinois State Police, process the scene of what Police Chief Coy Cornett said appeared to be an accidental self-inflicted shooting that ...

The 82nd annual National Sweetcorn Festival was held Sept. 3-7 at McFerren Park in Hoopeston. Here are some sights, courtesy of freelance photographer Alex Jones ...

All three of Ford County’s public high schools are being recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best high schools in both Illinois and across the nation. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High ...

People retire every day. I still do. Every day. But some people never really retire and just “keep on keepin’ on,’” as folk singer Len Chandler sang in the song with that title back in the ‘60s. The ...

GIBSON CITY — The city council chambers had an unusually large number of visitors on Monday, Aug. 24, as drainage issues from recent storms and a question of city membership in the Greater Gibson Area ...