Ford County Chronicle

The Ford County Chronicle is a weekly newspaper that comes out every Wednesday. It focuses on delivering news that is fair, balanced, accurate, timely, and comprehensive, keeping the residents of Ford County and nearby regions informed about local happenings.

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PBL softball loses 14-0 to St. Joseph-Ogden

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity softball team lost 14-0 to St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday.Devani McClatchey and Kendyl Badgley each had a hit for PBL. On the mound, Aubrey Busboom allowed 14 runs – six earned – on eight hits and seven walks with four strikeouts. St. Joseph-Ogden 14, PBL 0SJO 441 14 -- 14 8 0PBL 000 00 -- 0 […]
GCMS Middle School boys track teams win home meet

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

GIBSON CITY – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley seventh- and eighth-grade boys track and field teams won a home meet on Thursday.The GCMS seventh-grade boys scored a 131 to finish first among five teams while Tri-Point finished fourth with a score of 71. The GCMS eighth-graders scored a 137 while Tri-Point placed fourth with a score of 69.The GCMS seventh-grade girls finished […]
PBL school board asked to revive high school wrestling program

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Will Brumleve |Andrew Rosten

PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board is being asked to allow the high school’s wrestling program to be relaunched. Matt Greenburg, head coach of the Panther Paw Wrestling Club, pitched the idea to the board during its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 16, noting that his youth wrestling club has built a “strong foundation” that should only continue as its wrestlers move up in grade level.
PBL JH track teams win dual meet

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda seventh- and eighth-grade boys and eighth-grade girls track and field teams won a dual meet against Rossville-Alvin on Thursday.The seventh-grade PBL boys won 59-54 over Rossville-Alvin while the eighth-grade boys won 82-30 and the eighth-grade girls won 53-45. The seventh-grade girls lost 65-52.Hunter Shedd, Caden Duley and CaVaughn Savage finished in the top three in the […]
PBL, GCMS girls track teams compete at Unity Invite

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

PBL, GCMS girls track teams compete at Unity Invite UNITY GIRLS INVITATIONALAt TolonoTeam scoresTolono Unity, 154; 2. Tuscola, 82; 3. St. Joseph-Ogden, 62; 4. Maroa-Forsyth, 60; 5. Rantoul, 29; 5. Sullivan, 29; 7. Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 25; 8. Stanford Olympia, 21; 9. Bethany Okaw Valley, 20; 10. Mahomet-Seymour, 12; 11. Villa Grove, 8; 12. Westville, 6; 13. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 5.5; 14. Urbana University, 5; 15. Monticello, 3.5; 16. Catlin Salt Fork, 3; 17.
Armed robbery suspects’ trials pushed back to July

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Will Brumleve |Andrew Rosten

PAXTON — April jury trials for a Champaign man and an Urbana man charged in Ford County with armed robbery and felony theft have been pushed back to July. Ford County Circuit Court records show motions to continue were recently granted by Judge Matt Fitton in the criminal cases against Devin L. Starkey, 23, of Champaign, and Steffonce J. Moffitt, 22, of Urbana, who face charges alleging they robbed a person at gunpoint at a Paxton park.
PBL, GCMS boys track teams compete at Monticello Invitational

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

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Pastor Steve Jones: Praising God with Everything We Have!

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

In my previous article, I began a new series from Psalm 150 which, like Psalms 146-149, begins and ends with the phrase “Praise the LORD.” We saw that we’re to praise the LORD everywhere. Along with this, we saw that we’re to praise the LORD for who he is and what he’s done. There’s never a time—and this will include throughout all eternity—that we could ever say that we’ve run out of things to praise God for.
GCMS baseball loses 13-3 to Mahomet-Seymour

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

MAHOMET – The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity baseball team lost 13-3 to Mahomet-Seymour on Thursday.Graydon Leonard hit 2-for-2 with an RBI while Parker Baillie and Brayden Elliott each hit a home run for GCMS.On the mound, David Hull allowed six runs – five earned – on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts through three innings. Mitchell Heinz allowed seven […]
PBL baseball loses 17-0 to St. Joseph-Ogden

1 week ago | fordcountychronicle.com | Andrew Rosten

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity baseball team lost 17-0 to St. Joseph-Ogden on Thursday. Bryar Cosgrove and Colsen Hayden provided PBL’s lone two hits. On the mound, Kayden Vance allowed 13 runs – five earned – on 10 hits and one walk through two innings pitched. Dylan Vance allowed four runs – three earned – on six hits and two walks with one strikeout through two innings. St. Joseph-Ogden 17, PBL 0SJO 672 2 — 17 16 1PBL 000 0 — 0 2 6W – Pruemer, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K, 2 BB.