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 lot of members put on Hawaiian shirts and were given a chance to pick up and wear some leis, which is an […]
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Paxton Pirates swim team wins home opener
https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/paxton-park-district/photo-gallery-paxton-pirates-swim-meet-june-11-2025/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK3OGNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFmdW1DUFpheTByR0VLUG1hAR6v0FH6Fgs_0tz1LMwCvnSqTx9k3oR03PGJPjfUQomwshGazfyHIxc8aobQpw_aem_jgQAxFtOd_EP7qqCphwCOg PAXTON – The Paxton Pirates swim team won its first home meet of the 2025 season on Wednesday. The lady Pirates won 188-39 over the Hoopeston Stingrays while the Paxton boys won 118-57. Morgan Loschen finished first in the girls’ age 11-12 50-meter freestyle with a time of 39.84 seconds while Grace Didier and Eden Schnebly finished second and […]
Photo gallery: Paxton Pirates swim meet (June 11, 2025)
Here are some sights from Paxton’s home opener on Wednesday, which resulted in a 188-39 win for the lady Pirates and a 118-57 triumph for the boys …
Sox reach agreement for potential future sale
CHICAGO WHITE SOX BASEBALL TEAMCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have reached an agreement that will give Justin Ishbia, the brother of Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia, the chance to buy a future controlling interest in the club. The team made the announcement Thursday, adding that Ishbia will make capital infusions into the White Sox as a limited partner in 2025 and 2026, […]
Video shows dolphin calf’s birth, first breath
BROOKFIELD ZOO CHICAGOCHICAGO (AP) — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff. The dolphin calf was born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago early Saturday morning as a team of veterinarians monitored and cheered on the mom, a 38-year-old […]
Buckley Dutchmasters sweep Paxton Swedes to improve to 5-1
BUCKLEY – Archrivalries between two teams close in proximity are bound to produce some neighborly rivalries. Less than a month ago, Charles Cambridge and Bryar Cosgrove played their final baseball game as Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School teammates. On Sunday, Cambridge and Cosgrove were in opposite dugouts and in the starting lineup of the Eastern Illinois Baseball League’s Buckley Dutchmasters and Paxton […]
Photo gallery: Buckley Dutchmasters vs. Paxton Swedes (June 8, 2025)
Here are some sights from Sunday’s doubleheader, which Buckley swept with 11-1 victories in Games 1 and 2 …
Former GCMS teacher/coach Robert Dinkins arrested, charged with sexual abuse
GIBSON CITY — A former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley coach and teacher was arrested Thursday in Georgia on a warrant charging him in Ford County with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for alleged sexual activities with a high-school student. Robert “Robbie” Dinkins — who was fired by the school board in April from his positions as eighth-grade math teacher and […]
Buckley Dutchmasters split doubleheader with Royal Giants
ST. JOSEPH – The Buckley Dutchmasters equaled their loss total from last year with a split in the Eastern Illinois Baseball League doubleheader against the Royal Giants on Sunday. Cain Buhr lined a walk-off single to center field in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the doubleheader to give the Giants an 11-10 win. In Game 1, Buckley earned […]
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