Brysen Butler of the Central Illinois Track Club finished 25th with a time of 4:38.65 in the 14-year-old men’s 1,500-meter ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School cross country team is undergoing some changes. Sally Ellis was hired as the head coach of ...

The Ford County Board’s farm committee advanced a proposal to the full board Wednesday to seek sealed bids from farmers for ...

The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- William Nolan, 18, of Rantoul, was arrested ...

Hard-working, crazy uncle, listener, intellectual, silly grandpa, open, complex, a bon vivant, his own person, quiet, timid, ...

MELVIN — Melvin Village President Austin Fancher told the Ford County Chronicle that he resigned Monday night, effective ...

A Melvin man remains jailed on charges alleging he possessed and distributed child pornography. Michael M. McPherson, 46, who listed an address in the 300 block of East Third Street in Melvin, was ...

The Paxton Swedes will host the Buckley Dutchmasters in the Eastern Illinois Baseball League Tournament semifinals at 2 p.m.

MELVIN — Melvin Village President Austin Fancher told the Ford County Chronicle that he resigned Monday night, effective ...

As his Eagle Scout project, local Boy Scout Hudson Larson designed, provided funding and constructed two park benches at ...

The Paxton Pirates’ girls swimmers finished third in the Central Illinois Swim Conference Meet on Saturday. The lady Pirates ...