Paxton
A city in Ford County, Illinois — population 4,117 as of 2020.
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PBL volleyball loses in three sets to Westville
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 25-14, 17-25, 25-17 to Westville on Wednesday. With the win, Westville improved to 18-4 while PBL fell to 10-12. “Westville is a pretty good team, and they came to play tonight,” PBL head coach Tyler Rubarts said.…
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PBL volleyball loses 25-17, 25-21 to Bloomington Central Catholic
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 25-17, 25-21 to Bloomington Central Catholic on Tuesday. Ellie Dirks had nine kills and eight digs for PBL while Emmy Bagwell and Hallee Johnson had four kills. Kylie Rust had nine assists and three digs while Logan…
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PBL JH cross country teams win home meet; GCMS’s Cache Richard earns second-place finish
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School boys cross country team won a home meet on Monday. The Panthers scored a 19 while Iroquois West scored a 38. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Cache Richard finished second with a time of 13:35.3. Dawson Bice led PBL with a…
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Obituary: Shirley Anderson
Shirley Keyes Anderson, 99 of Rantoul, formerly of Paxton, passed away in the early morning hours of September 30, 2026. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Baier Family Funeral Services, Paxton The post Obituary: Shirley Anderson first appeared on Ford County Chronicle .
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Obituary: Irma Tibbetts
Irma Louise Tibbetts, 95, of Paxton passed away at 2:05 p.m. Monday, September 28, 2026 at Bickford of Champaign. Private family graveside services will be held at Glen Cemetery, Paxton. Baier Family Funeral Services, Paxton is handling arrangements. Irma was born February 28,…
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IEMA officials: FEMA aid for Paxton, other Ill. communities all up to Trump
PAXTON — On the official start of fall, city leaders met at Paxton City Hall with state lawmakers and emergency management officials on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 22, to talk about this past summer — namely, what all agreed was an uncommonly cruel one in terms of severe stormy…
Government & CivicIn and around Paxton
See & do
- Bixby Park
- Clara Peterson Elementary School Library
- Elite Sport & Fitness
- Ford County Historical Society & Water Tower Museum
- Paxton First Schoolhouse
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Paxton by the numbers
- Area
- 3.04 sq mi (7.86 km²), 0.01 sq mi water
- Median age
- 39.3
- Households
- 1,789
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $62,386
- Median house value
- $120,400
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 59, PAXTON, IL 60957