Will Brumleve | October 21, 2024
BUCKLEY — It really is never too early to start thinking about Christmas. Especially this time. Especially in Buckley. The village is going all-out festive for the 2024 holiday. Funded by community donations, the town in southwestern Iroquois County will have new snowflake decorations lighting...
Will Brumleve | October 18, 2024
PAXTON — As the search for Tapcon, one of Paxton Hardware & Rental’s two resident cats, entered its 10th day Thursday, the store’s owner, Scott Allen, and his staff remained hopeful they would eventually find their beloved animal safe and unharmed. Perhaps Molly — missing...
October 16, 2024
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 16, the 290th day of 2024. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of...
By WILL BRUMLEVE
will@fordcountychronicle.com | October 16, 2024
PAXTON — A student expelled from Paxton-Buckley Loda High School on Wednesday, Oct. 9, will be allowed to attend the READY program in Champaign for the remainder of this school year and would be allowed to return to PBL next school year if he maintains...
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTOctober 16, 2024
PAXTON — The Ford County Public Health Department will offer walk-in flu vaccination clinics at sites across the county to protect residents against influenza this fall. The health department will offer the clinics on the following dates and at the following times and locations: —...
