SPRINGFIELD — 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 ...

Hundreds of windmills dot the plains of Ford County, near Dodge City and Spearville. Wind power can spark passionate reactions – at times dividing neighbors and communities – but unlike many ...

EAST PEORIA -- After last year’s narrow loss to The Hinsdalean in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Excellence in News Contest, the Ford County Chronicle is vying once again to unseat the ...

Donations are collected to help cover the medical bills of Ford County Chronicle Co-Publisher and News Editor Will Brumleve’s 12 1/2-year-old cocker spaniel, Puppy Skunk, during a cash-bash fundraiser ...

Together with Chief Justice Laura Lewis (far left) and Justice Sid Thomas (far right) are Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox, Register of Deeds Brenda Pogue, Treasurer Kourtney Soltero, Sheriff Bill Carr, ...

Keith Wondra Book Hill Museum Curator To honor the return of Ford County’s soldiers an arch was built at the intersection of Second Avenue and… ...