Ford County/Paxton office will close later this month

PAXTON – For the second time in two months, the Illinois Department of Human Services is slated to close its office on West Ottawa Road in Paxton – and this time, the lawmaker who tried to keep it open thinks it will close.

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• Obituaries

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