PAXTON – The Paxton Park Board approved the hiring of Rantoul resident Gillian Littleton as the Paxton Park District’s recreation director during Tuesday’s meeting. Littleton will start working at her ...

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 ...

DWIGHT – Regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s IHSA Class 1A Dwight Sectional championship game, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity baseball team surpassed expectations this postseason. After ...

Game 1 Buckley Dutchmasters 12, Arcola High Power 1 BUCK 161 13 -- 12 11 1 ARC 000 10 -- 1 4 2 W – Alex Bielfeldt, 4 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 K, 0 BB. L – Lyerly, 5 IP, 11 H, 12 R, 8 ER, 0 K, 5 BB. Buckley – ...

Mary Ellen Allen, 77 of Paxton, passed away surrounded by her loving family on June 3, 2026. Mary Ellen Allen was born October 17, 1948, in Paxton, the daughter of Wendell Robert and Arlene Christine ...

URBANA — A bus driver for Rantoul City Schools who has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor made his first appearance in court Monday. Johnnie C. McClendon Jr., 35, of Rantoul was charged with ...

Families across Illinois are feeling it in every direction. Property taxes keep going up, energy costs continue to rise, and the cost of gas is higher than ever with the state’s ongoing tax increases.

PAXTON — Paxton aldermen spent an hour and a half reviewing an initial draft of a proposed backyard chickens ordinance on Tuesday, June 2, making edits suggested by both City Attorney Tony Schuering ...

LODA — New books for adults at the Loda Township Library include: “You Can Tell Me” by Melinda Leigh, “The Last Mandarin” by Louise Penny, “Summer State of Mind” by Kristy Woodson Harvey, “The Astral ...

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 ...

EAST PEORIA — The Ford County Chronicle came away from the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention with a haul of awards for work published in 2025, including a dozen first-place plaques and ...

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, ...