Loda 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.

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.

An eleven year old girl died in Ford County yesterday from flu like symptoms. The Ford-Iroquois County Heath Department has confirmed the child was a 6th grader at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Middle School.

Illinois Valley Cellular has announced the names of winners for this year"s scholastic scholarship.