PAXTON — The Paxton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposed annexation agreement to make way for a community solar project on farmland between the Colmac Coil ...

PAXTON — The developers of a new fuel station and fast-food restaurant being built near the Interstate 57 interchange in Paxton will be reimbursed up to $700,000 in project costs under the terms of a ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police notified the Illinois Attorney General’s Office on Friday that they were finally working to process the Ford County Chronicle’s Freedom of Information Act request — ...

The annual Sibley Burr Oaks Area Tractor Drive was held Sunday, June 27, in memory of cancer survivors, loved ones and veterans, with proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society. Stops were made ...

SIBLEY — Four village residents spoke out at the most recent regular village board meeting regarding objectionable activities at one property in their neighborhood. Charles Milligan, Cindy Vaughan, ...

Going into another year leading the Paxton Buckley Loda school district’s band program, Josh and Dayna Breen are aiming to take it to the next level. “We’ve got lots of goals,” Mr. Breen said. “We ...

PAXTON — Even those who have long supported allowing backyard chickens in Paxton are not so happy with the proposed new regulations that would finally make it a reality. “Cumbersome” was a word ...

I have always thought of myself as a “middle-of-the-roader” when it comes to politics. I have voted for presidents who have won and a couple who have lost. I have discovered that some of the ones I ...

MELVIN — The agenda for the Melvin Village Board’s July 14 meeting, which occurred at 7 p.m. past the Ford County Chronicle’s publication deadline, included approval of the appointment of a new ...

Shane Kleinert of Lake Iroquois — the self-proclaimed ‘champion’ of the Lake Iroquois Association Bass Club — cooks ribeye steaks and butterfly pork chops on a grill outside the Paxton Kirby Foods ...

BUCKLEY — Village Attorney George Cuonzo updated the village board during its monthly meeting on Monday, July 6, on the status of a couple of properties in need of cleanup and demolition work, ...

GIBSON CITY — Lisa B. Helgesen, 67, of Gibson City, died Friday, July 17, 2026. She will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Drummer Township Cemetery in Gibson City. Information on a ...