A Roberts family escaped their burning home unharmed Wednesday afternoon as their two dogs perished in a blaze believed to ...

I wrote a column in the Ford County Chronicle about desperate Ugandan youngsters who on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, ...

There will be no second annual Gibson City Food Truck Festival this summer. The city council voted unanimously Monday night ...

As Paxton Main Street Director Donna Pepper spoke in a recent “Chambana Proud” podcast about her community’s efforts to ...

I tried to take a personality test online. Turns out, you need to have a personality for that. You also need a credit card to get your results for most of the tests. I didn’t feel the need to pay ...

Now that each has made its arguments to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Ford County Chronicle and Village of Loda are awaiting a determination on whether a violation of the state’s Open ...

Following is a list of cases filed recently in Ford County Circuit Court: FELONIES • Kaleb Long, no age listed, of Sidney, for aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the reporting of domestic ...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Friday that the state’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point — to 5.2% — in December. The state’s unemployment rate was 1.1% ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: n Joseph R. Themer, 31, of Paxton, was arrested for domestic battery, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a ...

Dozens of semi-trucks wait in the parking lot of the shuttered Rural King store in Rantoul on Saturday, Jan. 25, as they prepare to take part in a funeral procession in honor of Tanner Michael Adkins, ...

The Buckley St. John’s seventh-grade volleyball team won 17-25, 25-9, 26-24 over Fisher on Monday, Jan. 27. Tinley ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda freshman boys basketball team won 45-32 over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley on Monday, Jan. 27. Owen ...