JACKSONVILLE – Justice Milligan of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher High School wrestling team finished first in the ...

Some of us have friends who like to call us while they’re on vacation, bragging about the warm weather they’re experiencing while we are stuck in chilling temperatures. Those people are jerks, aren’t ...

Allan Delphi, a LaSalle County farmer and landowner, felt the heat of the sun shining on him when making decisions that would ...

As it turns out, the Ford County Board will consider the cancellation of an agreement that calls for the Loda Sportsman’s ...

Paxton police continue to investigate the armed robbery of a local liquor store. Police Chief Coy Cornett said two masked ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: n Kevin L. Evans, 52, of East Peoria, was ...

Ford County Chronicle Co-Publisher and News Editor Will Brumleve’s 12 1/2-year-old female cocker spaniel, Puppy Skunk, is ...

Greetings from the spaceship planet earth! This is your Duckman speaking. We are safely traveling around the sun at a speed ...

The Paxton Carnegie Library’s diamond art club for adults meets weekly at 1 p.m. on Fridays at the library, and new members are welcome. In other library news: n On Tuesdays, kids of all ages are ...

Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the ...

I guess the obvious thing to write about this week is the new year. I’ve never made any serious New Year’s resolutions, and I’m pretty sure if I had any, you wouldn’t care too much about them. I guess ...

For some, New Year’s Eve is an excuse for wearing silly hats and partying, to wake up the following morning promising never to party so hearty again. It’s also time to make resolutions to toss aside ...