The Beach family played an essential role in early Fairbury history. Their story began with the birth of Lorenzo Beach in 1798 in New...

January temperature seldom changed, 4-inch moisture, sometimes it snowed, sometimes it rained.   February days some nice others not....

130 Years Ago December 22, 1894 Tuesday, December 18, the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Longbottom to the number of about sixty, gave...

Prairie Central stands to benefit financially from more wind turbines in the district and a McLean County schools facility tax. During...

PC board member Corey Steffen shares thoughts during the regular board meeting Thursday night. The consensus of the Prairie Central Board...

Many years ago, Fairbury had a Wells Fargo office on Locust Street. A married couple often ran the Wells Fargo office for a few years. A...

Kathy Poppe, 76, of Fairbury, passed away at 8:31pm, December 20, 2024, at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Cremation...

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department has released details surrounding a fatal crash Wednesday in rural Chatsworth. Officers...

Margaret “Peg” Therese Garrels, 78, of Pontiac, passed away at 6:02 am, December 17, 2024, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center,...

Family members of the late Charles Hoselton Sr. with State Rep. Jason Bunting Wednesday evening. State Representative Jason Bunting...

130 Years Ago December 15, 1894 A party of young people perpetuated a surprise party upon Miss Lillie Patterson and her cousin, Gibson...

(PC Board President John Wilken, Superintendent Paula Crane, Anne E. Noble of Stifel and board members Corey Steffen and Dana Kafer shown...

Farming was very labor-intensive until the 1940s, when tractors with internal combustion engines replaced horses. In 1917, the average...

Dean Joseph Broquard, 86, died December 5, 2024 in his home in San Diego, California. He was born January 20, 1938 in Fairbury Illinois...

William R. Zbinden, 86, of Cropsey and formerly of Cissna Park passed away at BroMenn Medical Center in Normal on December 12, 2024 with...

(Herb & Georgia Steffen shown in the GMS Lab conference room at Cropsey last month) A staple in the local farming community will no...

Dennis A. Johnson, 70, of Fairbury, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at Allure of Galesburg Nursing Facility. Duffy-Pils Memorial...

130 Years Ago December 8, 1894 Fred M. Stoller has moved his barber shop from under the New Sherman Hotel to the building one door east...

Fairbury was founded in 1857 when the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad laid its tracks from Peoria to the Indiana border. Several newspapers...

Fairbury is the place to be this Saturday to help get you into the holiday spirit. The 2024 Christmas parade, sponsored by the Fairbury...