Now that each has made its arguments to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Ford County Chronicle and Village of Loda are awaiting a determination on whether a violation of the state’s Open ...

Miss Ford County, Kate Wilson, represented her community at the 2025 Illinois Association of Agricultural Affairs State Queen Pageant held Jan. 16-19 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield.

Thursday night featured a handful of boys and girls games including a handful of conference matchups. Boys Basketball Scores ...

Many southern Illinois teams placed in the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association (ICCA) Championships over the weekend in ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School cheerleading squad placed fourth in the large varsity game-day division at the Illinois ...

Highlights and scores from Friday night’s high school basketball in Central Illinois. BOYS Eureka 59, Gibson ...

The Manteno boys basketball team stayed hot on Friday with a 48-41 home win over Herscher in Illinois Central Eight ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...

Barbara Ann Loda, 84, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away on Sunday, December 29. Born on April 15, 1940 in Crawfordsville, Indiana to the late Luke White and Margaret Zechiel White, Barbara grew up in ...

If only Rantoul could get a do-over. The people of the northern County village were never given a choice, but if they had been, is there any doubt what name they would have selected for their town?

Ryan Teske of Loda, a member of the East Central Illinois Fur Takers, said he also believes that minks are making a comeback. “From my conversations with older trappers, the mink population is ...