CLINTON – The Cissna Park seventh-grade volleyball team entered the IESA Class 1A state tournament as a well-prepared unit. The previous year, the Wildcats finished second in the state tournament.

LODA — Donald “J.R.” Ptacek, a former village trustee and onetime candidate for village president, was arrested for misdemeanor battery Wednesday night after allegedly chest-bumping a trustee amid a ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School baseball team is retooling with a program of 26 players for the 2026 season. Gone is a senior class that included college-bound players Bryar Cosgrove, ...

I was on vacation with friends when the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran happened, which was inconvenient because I was trying to avoid the news. Normally on vacation, I treat current events the way I ...

PAXTON — The renovation and remodeling of Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School’s science lab might be added to the school district’s list of facility maintenance projects for this summer. During the school ...

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The Panthers won 25-7, 21-25, 25-20 over Watseka in the regional semifinals before losing 22-25, 25-21, 25-13 to Iroquois West. Here are some sights ...

PAXTON — Paxton Mayor Bill Ingold told city council members on Tuesday, March 10, that they should be prepared to talk further soon about the potential establishment of the city’s second tax-increment ...

PAXTON – After going 4-22 last season, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School softball team is set to start the 2026 campaign next week. In the meantime, the cold and rainy weather that the Panthers ...

PAXTON — The once-proud A.J. Laurence building in downtown Paxton, long ago bustling with activity, remains vacant today — just as it has for, well, every day this century, it seems. Signs of its ...

Having family near Paxton, I was happy to read the Ford County Chronicle news article entitled “Long receives Masonic degree” in the March 4 issue. I congratulate David Long and hope that he continues ...

CHAMPAIGN – Dreams will soon become a reality for some outgoing University of Illinois football players. Six weeks prior to the NFL Draft, which will take place in Pittsburgh on April 23-25, Illinois ...