Brown recluse spiders found in two Paxton school buildings

District issues precautions for parents/guardians

PAXTON – Parents of students at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Eastlawn and Clara Peterson Elementary schools are asked to check their children regularly for bites by poisonous spiders that have been found in the two schools in Paxton this summer.

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