Paxton News

PAXTON – Laboratory results received by the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department on Tuesday did not confirm that a Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School sixth-grader died from a rare blood infection that is highly contagious upon close contact.

PAXTON – An autopsy will be conducted this morning in Kankakee on a Paxton man who died in an auto accident early Saturday morning in rural Paxton.

Natalie Johnson died suddenly Tuesday. Now, some people in Paxton are worried the infection that caused her death may spread to others.

URBANA - The Champaign County coroner said a sixth-grade student at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School appears to have died from a blood infection called Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, a highly contagious disease commonly caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.

PAXTON – Grief counseling is being provided to students and staff at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School after the unexpected death of a student who had been ill with flu-like symptoms.

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Ford County looking to expand jail capacity

PAXTON – Just as its jail bonds were paid off this year, Ford County may be looking to put nearly $1 million into a renovation of the facility in order to board more prisoners.

PAXTON – Paige Price wants the Paxton area to boost its creativity level. That is why the Arizona State University alumnus is opening The Art Vault, 106 N. Market St., as a venue for area residents to paint, craft, sculpt, write, get a message or even have a psychic reading.

An elderly woman with a history of mental problems pleaded guilty Friday to abusing more than a dozen pets.

Rex McGehee was born on May 23, 1935, in Cisne, Illinois. His parents are Art and Rosabel McGehee who are from Fairfield.

PAXTON – An agency that helps poverty-stricken families take steps toward independence is setting up administrative offices in Paxton.

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