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 ...

At least I got lei’d. That’s all I can say about my performance at the Paxton Area Chamber of Commerce’s golf scramble on Friday. At the golf scramble, the chamber put on a Hawaiian theme in which a ...

I’ve called attention to the fact that this is Paul’s last inspired letter. Paul writes to Timothy, his child in the faith, ...

The Paxton City Council on Tuesday, June 10, approved the language for a nonbinding referendum that will appear on the next primary election ballot — on March 17, 2026 — asking Paxton voters if they ...

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Arlie Yancey, 82, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died on June 2, 2025 at her residence. Funeral services were held June 7, 2025 at Arbor Baptist Church in Fitzgerald where she attended for a number of years.

By DIANE PERKINS For the Ford County Chronicle In 2016, I wrote a story about Clyde McRae, who retired from Birkey’s Farm Store in Gibson City after 50 years working the parts counter. He was the ...

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 ...

The president of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district’s teachers’ union told the school board on Wednesday, June 11, that a Chicago law firm enlisted by the district to investigate claims of sexual ...

For several years, a gentle soul roamed the streets of Gibson City, easily identified by his signature cowboy hat and flowing ...