When Andrew Rosten exited the Ford County Chronicle’s office in downtown Paxton late Thursday morning carrying a suddenly broken trophy in his arms, our trip to the Illinois Press Association’s annual ...

ELLIOTT — Village trustees met a second time in May for the purpose of addressing items said to have been left off the regular monthly meeting’s agenda and to see about progress on several ...

This series of articles has been aimed to the gardener who is starting a new bed. So far, if you have been following along, you have chosen the best location in your yard, outlined the growing area, ...

DWIGHT – The Armstrong-Potomac High School baseball team won 8-1 over Gardner-South Wilmington in the IHSA Class 1A Dwight Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. Ryan Edwards hit 3-for-4 with a double and ...

In the earliest days of settlement in Central Illinois, long before roads crossed the prairie and before towns like Chatsworth existed, there stood a dark grove of timber rising from the endless ...

Here are some game sights from Saturday's 5-2 regional championship win over Milford ...

EFFINGHAM (AP) — In Illinois farm country, there’s a 70-year-old pickup truck waiting on a fresh coat of canary yellow paint. It’s the first vehicle my dad learned to drive, as a young boy helping ...

Here are some sights from Wednesday’s IHSA Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Dwight, which GCMS won 4-3 … ...

In my previous article from Psalm 85, we saw that the psalmist is crying out to God for revival: “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you.” (85:6) I noted that revival can ...

As you may know, I’ve dipped my toe in the novel water. I just dipped it again with my second novel and fourth book. I don’t know why I do it. I have no illusion of becoming a best-selling author.

ST. JOSEPH – The Paxton Swedes had 19 players available for their Eastern Illinois Baseball League season-opening doubleheader against the Royal Giants on Sunday. “That’s the most we’ve had show up ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers have approved a bill to dedicate a bridge in the Kickapoo State Recreation Area in honor of the late state Sen. Scott Bennett. Bennett, a Champaign Democrat and native ...