PAXTON — The Ford County Chronicle has hired a Chicago law firm specializing in civil-rights and open-governance litigation to file a lawsuit against Illinois State Police for their failure to ...

ROBERTS — On Thursday, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved nearly $1.6 million from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund (GCPF) to replace antiquated warning devices and improve public safety at ...

PAXTON — U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly stopped by downtown Paxton on Wednesday to present city leaders with an oversized check for $850,000 — the amount awarded to the city via a federal grant she helped ...

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City council approved an amended appropriations ordinance for the 2026-27 city budget on Monday, July 27. City Attorney Marc Miller explained to council members that the ...

PAXTON — A suspect who allegedly fled from state police and exited Interstate 57 at Paxton probably thought he had a good hiding place when he climbed a tree near the Subway restaurant on the city’s ...

Here are some sights from Thursday's game, which GCMS won 7-1. Digital copies of all these photos are available for sale at the following link: https://ko-fi.com/s ...

PAXTON — Paxton police continued Thursday to investigate the robbery of the Hardee’s restaurant by the Interstate 57 interchange. In a news release, Police Chief Coy Cornett said police responded ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Sheriff’s Office issued 30 traffic citations in July, including 10 for speeding, five for driving with a revoked or suspended driver’s license and three each for operating a ...

In 1908, the Vaudeville song “Shine on Harvest Moon” was born. In 1988, the Harvest Moon Drive-In was reborn. My own granddad had a dream in the early 1950s to launch a drive-in theater in Gibson City ...

The release of the legislative inspector general’s report regarding former state Rep. Harry Benton provides Illinoisans with greater transparency into a serious matter that has raised significant ...

BUCKLEY — Pending the issuance of a building permit from Iroquois County, construction of a 50-megawatt solar farm and 10-megawatt battery storage facility near Buckley is projected to begin this fall ...

PAXTON — Moments before she was sentenced to 90 days in the Ford County Jail and 30 months of probation, former Paxton pharmacist Jenna Vogel apologized for having stockpiled thousands of prescription ...