PAXTON — Fred Magers has resigned as multi-township assessor for Button and Patton townships, and Del Bruens has been appointed to replace him. Magers defeated Bruens in last spring’s election in his ...

One of the constant realities of the human condition is that we live in a fallen world. And in a fallen world there will always be troubles. We all experience them. Sometimes those troubles are very ...

SPRINGFIELD — Krista Phillips of Effingham County was selected from a field of 75 contestants Sunday as the 68th Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. Phillips will reign over the 2026 Illinois State Fair ...

PAXTON — Marilyn Joyce Fields, 90, of Paxton, died at 11:07 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Accolade Healthcare of Paxton Senior Living. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School graduate Kade Hill, a former agriculture teacher and Illinois FFA president who works in agribusiness in Livingston County, placed third nationally in ...

I’ve always thought that if I hadn’t gone into journalism, I would have gone into carpentry. Having done some carpentry last week, I think I made the right choice. As with most of my failures, last ...

A recent guest commentary in the Ford County Chronicle had Tony Lee whining about President Donald Trump’s policies. Maybe Tony has amnesia or tunnel vision. Leftist policies are trying hard to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An appliance distributor is expanding a minifridge recall that now covers roughly 964,000 Frigidaire-branded products sold in the U.S., after multiple fire reports. Following a recall ...

CHAMPAIGN — A number of area residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester at Parkland College in Champaign. To make the list, students must earn a gradepoint average of 3.5 or ...

PONTIAC — Tierra Kelly of Rankin was arrested for manufacture/delivery of methamphetamine (more than 100 grams), a Class X felony, following an investigation into the delivery of methamphetamine by ...

PAXTON — The Paxton City Council unanimously approved an engineering services agreement last week with Champaign based Clark Dietz for the reconstruction of 1,000 feet of pavement on North Market ...

Three Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School art students — from left, Lauren Krumwiede, Addie Smith and Nicole York — earned honorable mention for their artworks at the Small Works Art Show hosted by the ...