At least I got lei’d. That’s all I can say about my performance at the Paxton Area Chamber of Commerce’s golf scramble on Friday. At the golf scramble, the chamber put on a Hawaiian theme in which a ...

I’ve called attention to the fact that this is Paul’s last inspired letter. Paul writes to Timothy, his child in the faith, ...

For several years, a gentle soul roamed the streets of Gibson City, easily identified by his signature cowboy hat and flowing ...

The president of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district’s teachers’ union told the school board on Wednesday, June 11, that ...

The Paxton City Council on Tuesday, June 10, approved the language for a nonbinding referendum that will appear on the next primary election ballot — on March 17, 2026 — asking Paxton voters if they ...

EAST PEORIA — The Ford County Chronicle won 29 awards — nine more than its closest competitor — to claim the coveted Will Loomis Memorial Trophy, which recognizes the best large nondaily newspaper in ...

Gibson Area Music Foundation member Cindy Farris-Morano presents a $3,000 check to Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School band director Kyle Renchen as, from left, GCMS band treasurer Kaleb Lockhart, ...

Due to incomplete information provided, the name of fourth-grader Landyn Badgley was inadvertently omitted from Clara Peterson Elementary School’s honor roll, as published in the June 4 edition of the ...

The Paxton Pirates swim team won its first home meet of the 2025 season on Wednesday. The lady Pirates won 188-39 over the ...

On a Friday in late May, while their senior classmates were walking the stage and receiving their diplomas at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, Brady Young and Isaiah Busby were some 20 miles away in ...

A lawsuit filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleges that a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district teacher and former coach ...

MELVIN — Four contestants will vie for the title of Miss Ford County Fair Queen during the fair’s annual queen pageant at7pm.Monday,June23,inthedancebuildingatthe fairgrounds in Melvin: — Natalie ...