3 days ago · Attorney general weighing arguments in OMA complaint vs. Loda. Will Brumleve | January 23, 2025. LODA — Now that each has made its arguments to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Ford County Chronicle and Village of Loda are awaiting a determination on whether a violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act occurred at …

Jan 22, 2025 · GIBSON CITY — A celebration of life service for Jo An Cotton, 77, who died Wednes – day, Nov. 6, 2024, at her home in Gibson City, is scheduled for noon Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day …

17 hours ago · PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: n Joseph R. Themer, 31, of Paxton, was arrested for domestic battery, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon on Sunday, Jan. 26. Around 4:47 p.m., Paxton police, Ford County sheriff’s deputies and Gibson City police responded to

Jan 22, 2025 · Christ Lutheran High School BUCKLEY — Christ Lutheran High School in Buckley has released its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2024-25 school year: Highest honors (4.0 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale) — Grace Bohlmann, Kaelyn Schwing, Ella Schluter, Edith Conn, Kinley VanHoveln and Timothy Wyckoff High honors (3.5-3.99 GPA) — Nolan Garcia, Faith Bohlmann, Jackson Lykins

Jan 22, 2025 · LODA — Now that each has made its arguments to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Ford County Chronicle and Village of Loda are awaiting a determination on whether a violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act occurred at the village board’s Dec. 11 meeting.

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17 hours ago · ROBERTS — A Roberts family escaped their burning home unharmed Wednesday afternoon as their two dogs perished in a blaze believed to have been caused by a kerosene heater used to thaw pipes in the home’s crawlspace. Ralph Denault, chief of the Roberts-Melvin Fire Protection District, said an estimated 40 firefighters from four area fire departments — Roberts-Melvin, Piper City, <a href ...

17 hours ago · Dozens of semi-trucks wait in the parking lot of the shuttered Rural King store in Rantoul on Saturday, Jan. 25, as they prepare to take part in a funeral procession in honor of Tanner Michael Adkins, 22, of Buckley. A 2021 graduate of Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, Mr. Adkins was the co-owner/operator of TnT Trucking alongside

Jan 21, 2025 · The Ford County Chronicle is a weekly newspaper, published Wednesdays, committed to providing fair, balanced, accurate, timely and thorough reporting of news of interest to the community of Ford County and the surrounding area. The newspaper’s first edition was published on July 1, 2020, after the paper was founded by Will Brumleve and Andrew Rosten,

Jan 22, 2025 · When the Local Journalism Sustainability Act was signed into Illinois law last summer, promising thousands of dollars per year in tax credits to help independently owned community newspapers just like my own, I was so hopeful it would help my little newspaper — the Ford County Chronicle — finally turn the financial corner.