Here are some sights from Friday's game, which PBL won 10-9 in nine innings ...

BUCKLEY -- Before the village can move forward with building a sanitary sewer treatment plant and collection system for Buckley, the town board must first determine how to make up a nearly $2 million ...

EAST PEORIA — The Ford County Chronicle has won at least 30 awards in the Illinois Press Association’s latest Excellence in News contest, the weekly newspaper’s publishers learned Thursday. The ...

By LILY YOUNG Chronicle news reporter intern PAXTON — Miguel Teran and Santiago Nasevilla make it a priority in their respective classrooms at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School to teach their students ...

PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board is scheduled to vote on the approval of a wrestling program during its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the board room in the unit office ...

Lynn Ann Ingold, 75, died early, Thursday, April 9, 2026, with her family surrounding her. Lynn was born on July 14, 1950, in Pontiac, IL. She fought a valiant battle with ALS (amyotrophic lateral ...

DOWNS – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity softball team lost 13-3 to Tri-Valley on Thursday. Izzy Gawthorp hit 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored while Mallory Purden doubled and produced two ...

URBANA — A Salvadoran national who had lived in Kankakee County was sentenced Monday, March 30, to 15 months in federal prison for being a removed alien found in the U.S. and resisting a federal ...

PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School is ready for the return of its annual spring musical. This is the fourth year since the choir program brought back its musical, with past shows including ...

THAWVILLE — Donald “Donnie” A. Gerdes Jr., 65, of Thawville, died Sunday, April 5, 2026, at his residence. A celebration of his life will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at the Knapp Funeral Home ...

MARION, Ind. — Cynthia F. “Cindy” Ewart, 67, of Marion, Ind., died at her home in the early afternoon of Friday, March 27, 2026. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the ...

PAXTON — It’s official: Most Paxton residents — at least among the 661 who voted in the March 17 primary election — want the city to allow backyard chickens. Official results from the election ...