“LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.” (vs. 1) In the Hebrew text the Psalm begins by placing the verb in the emphatic position in the sentence to show that the ...

DECATUR – Mason Vaughan of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys track and field team finished seventh in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 15.7 and 42.41 seconds, respectively, at the ...

MILFORD – The Milford/Cissna Park High School softball team won 8-4 over Iroquois West on Thursday. With the win, the Bearcats concluded their regular season with a record of 14-5. Evie Niebuhr hit ...

Following is a roundup of Memorial Day services scheduled in the Ford County Chronicle’s coverage area: BUCKLEY AND THAWVILLE The American Legion Byron A. Hickerson Post 432 of Buckley will hold ...

Around Sept. 1, 1856, a prairie fire began in the southern part of what is now Ford County. With strong winds out of the south, the flames spread rapidly across the open land at a frightening speed.

PAXTON – Paxton Park Board President Matt Quinlan announced his resignation from the board during Tuesday’s board meeting. With Quinlan’s resignation, the board had two vacancies to fill. At the ...

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For Illinois manufacturers and employers across the state, healthcare is not just a line item. It’s one of the fastest growing costs of doing business. Rising premiums force difficult tradeoffs and ...

PAXTON — Debra R. Vance, 68, of Paxton, died Sunday, May 10, 2026. Private family burial will be held at Glen Cemetery in Paxton. A celebration of her life will be at 4 p.m. Friday, May 15, at ...

GIBSON CITY — Four days after the Horsch Radish announced its impending closure, citing “unsustainable costs of keeping our doors open,” a lawsuit was filed against the short-lived downtown Gibson ...

GIBSON CITY — Betty L. Garbe, 99, of Gibson City, died Monday, May 4, 2026, at Goldwater Care in Gibson City. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Evergreen Cremation Services, 314 Tiffany Court, ...

PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board honored three retiring PBL High School staff members during its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 13, as interim Superintendent Jon Kilgore presented ...