LODA — Donald “J.R.” Ptacek, a former village trustee and onetime candidate for village president, was arrested for misdemeanor battery Wednesday night after allegedly chest-bumping a trustee amid a ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School baseball team is retooling with a program of 26 players for the 2026 season. Gone is a senior class that included college-bound players Bryar Cosgrove, ...

PAXTON – After going 4-22 last season, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School softball team is set to start the 2026 campaign next week. In the meantime, the cold and rainy weather that the Panthers ...

PAXTON — The renovation and remodeling of Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School’s science lab might be added to the school district’s list of facility maintenance projects for this summer. During the school ...

CHAMPAIGN – Dreams will soon become a reality for some outgoing University of Illinois football players. Six weeks prior to the NFL Draft, which will take place in Pittsburgh on April 23-25, Illinois ...

I was on vacation with friends when the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran happened, which was inconvenient because I was trying to avoid the news. Normally on vacation, I treat current events the way I ...

The Panthers won 25-7, 21-25, 25-20 over Watseka in the regional semifinals before losing 22-25, 25-21, 25-13 to Iroquois West. Here are some sights ...

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PAXTON — Paxton Mayor Bill Ingold told city council members on Tuesday, March 10, that they should be prepared to talk further soon about the potential establishment of the city’s second tax-increment ...

PAXTON — The once-proud A.J. Laurence building in downtown Paxton, long ago bustling with activity, remains vacant today — just as it has for, well, every day this century, it seems. Signs of its ...

Having family near Paxton, I was happy to read the Ford County Chronicle news article entitled “Long receives Masonic degree” in the March 4 issue. I congratulate David Long and hope that he continues ...

For cookie lovers, March is their favorite time of year because that’s the time Girl Scout cookies become annually available. The Girl Scouts began selling cookies way back in 1917 in Oklahoma, when ...