About Us
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, both award-winning local journalists who previously were employed by the now-defunct Ford County Record.
The Chronicle is printed each week by the Chicago Tribune’s printing press in suburban Schaumburg.
The Chronicle’s circulation was 1,300 as of September 2023, with 1,000 being paid subscribers.
In 2022, the Chronicle won the David B. Kramer Memorial Trophy in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Excellence in News contest, awarded to the best small, nondaily newspaper in Illinois. In 2023, the Ford County Chronicle won the Harold and Eva White Memorial Trophy, which recognizes the best medium-sized, nondaily newspaper statewide.
TO SUBSCRIBE:
Subscriptions are available nationwide. The newspaper is mailed each Wednesday by the U.S. Postal Service. Subscriptions cost $78 per year and can be arranged by sending a check for that amount, made out to the Ford County Chronicle, to: 336 E. State St., Paxton, IL 60957. Please attach a note with the name and address of the person to receive the newspaper if not already on the check. Credit card payments can also be arranged by emailing will@fordcountychronicle.com; there is an additional 3 percent charge if paid by credit card.
NEWSSTANDS:
The Chronicle can be purchased for $1.50 at newsstands throughout Ford County and the surrounding area, including at:
Paxton IGA, 144 W. Pells St., Paxton
Paxton Hardware & Rental, 525 S. Market St., Paxton
Village Pantry, 435 S. Railroad Ave., Paxton
Casey’s General Store, 140 S. Market St., Paxton
Casey’s General Store, 585 S. Market St., Paxton
Hudson Drug & Hallmark Shop, 108 N. Market St., Paxton
Coffee & Friends, 218 N. Market St., Paxton
Paxton Family Restaurant, 1050 W. Ottawa Road, Paxton
County Market, 415 E. 1st St., Gibson City
Casey’s General Store, 515 S. Sangamon Ave., Gibson City
Casey’s General Store, 805 S. Sangamon Ave., Gibson City
Moyer District Library, 618 S. Sangamon Ave., Gibson City
Hood’s Ace Hardware, 119-129 N. Sangamon Ave., Gibson City
Gibson Area Hospital, 1120 N. Melvin St., Gibson City
Roberts Quick Stop, 203 Illinois 54, Roberts
Goat’s Hardware, 104 S. Railroad Ave., Buckley
Artesia Brewing, 384 E. 1200 North Road, Thawville
OBITUARIES:
Families may submit personalized obituaries for publication in the Ford County Chronicle through their funeral homes. There is no cost for obituaries unless the family does not wish for an obituary to be edited in any fashion. The Chronicle will edit obituaries that are published at no charge for punctuation, style and grammar and remove statements that are considered opinion, not fact. If an obituary is paid, the cost is based on length, charged at $6.50 per column inch. Obituaries are also posted online at www.fordcountychronicle.com.
CONTACT US:
General news: 217-781-4607 or will@fordcountychronicle.com
Obituaries: will@fordcountychronicle.com
Sports news: 217-412-3697 or aprosten@aol.com
Advertising: 217-781-4607 or will@fordcountychronicle.com
Circulation: 217-781-4607 or will@fordcountychronicle.com
Letters to the editor: 217-781-4607 or will@fordcountychronicle.com
Legal notices: publicnotice@fordcountychronicle.com or 708-620-8338
Will Brumleve, News Editor and Publisher
will@fordcountychronicle.com, 217-781-4607
Andrew Rosten, Sports Editor and Publisher
aprosten@aol.com, 217-412-3697
Office address: 153 N. Market St., Suite 1, Paxton, IL 60957
