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July 11, 2025
PAXTON — A former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley coach and teacher charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for alleged sexual activities with a high-school student waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Ford County Circuit Court on Wednesday, July 9. Robert L. “Robbie”...

Will Brumleve | July 11, 2025
PAXTON — Following a closed session, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board on Wednesday, July 9, approved the hiring of Lyndsey Breymeyer as a vocal music instructor at Clara Peterson Elementary School. The board also approved the hiring of four paraprofessionals: Madeleine Wachowski at PBL High School,...

Will Brumleve | July 11, 2025
PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district is enlisting the help of the Illinois Association of School Boards to find its next superintendent. During its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 9, the seven-member school board heard a half-hour presentation from Vic Zimmerman — a retired...

Will Brumleve | July 10, 2025
PAXTON — The mother of two children set to attend Clara Peterson Elementary School this fall told Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board members Wednesday that she will not be sending her kids to school there if the board does not promptly correct the school district’s “flawed” set...