It took longer than expected, but the Paxton Swedes are in the win column for the 2025 season. The Swedes accomplished a ...

Here are some sights from Sunday's 19-inning doubleheader, which the Swedes won 11-6 in Game 1 and 5-4 in a 10-inning Game 2 ...

The Paxton City Council on Tuesday, June 10, approved the language for a nonbinding referendum that will appear on the next ...

A lawsuit filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleges that a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district teacher and former coach ...

The Paxton Park Board approved 2025 pool party fees during Tuesday’s meeting. Two-hour rentals for private parties at the ...

Scenes for the movie “Chili Finger” were filmed in downtown Paxton on Friday. Donna Pepper, executive director of Paxton Main Street, coordinated some of the local preparations for the film shoot.

The Ford County Chronicle won 29 awards — nine more than its closest competitor — to claim the coveted Will Loomis Memorial ...

Readers of this column know that for the past nine years or so, if Donald Trump said it, I was for it. It’s hard to argue ...

Very late on the night of Saturday, May 31, Illinois House Democrats rammed through Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s record-setting ...

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On a Friday in late May, while their senior classmates were walking the stage and receiving their diplomas at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, Brady Young and Isaiah Busby were some 20 miles away in ...