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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 ...
I’ve called attention to the fact that this is Paul’s last inspired letter. Paul writes to Timothy, his child in the faith, ...
For several years, a gentle soul roamed the streets of Gibson City, easily identified by his signature cowboy hat and flowing ...
The president of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district’s teachers’ union told the school board on Wednesday, June 11, that ...
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 ...
A lawsuit filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleges that a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district teacher and former coach ...
The Paxton Park Board approved 2025 pool party fees during Tuesday’s meeting. Two-hour rentals for private parties at the ...
Scenes for the movie “Chili Finger” were filmed in downtown Paxton on Friday. Donna Pepper, executive director of Paxton Main Street, coordinated some of the local preparations for the film shoot.
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 ...
The Ford County Chronicle won 29 awards — nine more than its closest competitor — to claim the coveted Will Loomis Memorial ...
Readers of this column know that for the past nine years or so, if Donald Trump said it, I was for it. It’s hard to argue ...