Paxton Main Street

08/16/2026

Update and equipment pick-up notice from Pueblo Lindo ‼️

❤️ A QUICK NOTE TO OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY ❤️

If you were so generous to lend us shop vacuums, squeegees, extension cords, fans, or other cleaning equipment during the flooding, we are incredibly grateful! 🙏

We are gathering everything together in one area at Pueblo Lindo so it is ready to be picked up.

Please feel free to stop by and pick up your items, or WE WILL GLADLY BRING THEM BACK TO YOU! ❤️

With everything happening so quickly, we want to make sure every single item gets back to its owner. If you lent us something, please don't hesitate to reach out and remind us what belongs to you.

Thank you again for showing up when we needed you most. We are truly blessed by this community. ❤️🙏

08/16/2026

Emergency meeting at City Hall of Paxton, IL tomorrow/Monday.

Emergency meeting in Paxton on Monday …

08/16/2026

⚠️ OK everyone, FINALLY a non-water related post 🙌🏼

✏️ BACK TO SCHOOL tomorrow! All these things that Paxton Police Department reminds us and let’s add— there will be electric bikes and scooters. They are FAST 🚲 kids don’t always look 👀 we ALL have to SLOW DOWN 🐌 and watch for everyone and everything!!!

‼️ Please be safe ‼️ Have a great 1st day and repeat after me… “Teachers are absolute saints!” 💛 💙

08/15/2026

‼️ Helpful information from Paxton Emergency Response Service! Please go to and follow the Ford County Emergency Management Agency page to see the QR codes they are using to collect info.

We encourage you to follow both of those pages for any information they may share in the future, and a HUGE thank you to both agencies!

Send a message to learn more

08/15/2026

☔️ If you experienced damage from flooding in Paxton, please complete these surveys as encouraged by Ford County Emergency Management Agency!!

08/15/2026

‼️ PaxNaz is open today for help.

302 W State St - Paxton

Paxton has experienced some serious flooding after roughly 8 inches of rain yesterday and another 5 inches overnight. Because of that, we're opening the church at PaxNaz today for anyone who needs it.

Do you need a place to use the restroom or charge your devices?

Are you part of a crew working around town and need somewhere to rest for a while?

Do you need someone to pray with you?

Whatever the situation, the church is open and available.

If the flooding has created another need that you can’t figure out how to meet, please reach out. We may not be able to solve everything ourselves, but we’ll do our best to connect you with someone who can help.

Please share so the people who need this information can see it.

(please note: the church is a little stuffy today because our basement got water, too, and we have the furnace/AC unit off until things are dried out)

08/15/2026

‼️ from Ford County Emergency Management Agency

08/15/2026

‼️ Do not drive around barricades! Be safe.

08/15/2026

2am Saturday ‼️

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Ford County in east central Illinois...
Southwestern Iroquois County in east central Illinois...

* Until 645 AM CDT.

* At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage ditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and other poor
drainage areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

Paxton, Gibson City, Melvin, Loda, Roberts, Elliott, Sibley and Clarence.

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected early this morning. Given significant rainfall over the past two days, flooding impacts will increase quickly.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life and
property.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.