Students' bags searched in wake of ammunition find

PAXTON – Officials from the Ford County sheriff's department and Paxton and Gibson City police departments searched students' bags and used metal detectors this morning at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School.

A Champaign County search dog also was on hand to monitor students the day after ammunition was found at the school.

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