The Prairie Central school board and members of the public continued discussions on future building options during another special...

For over seven decades, the Purdums were involved with Fairbury businesses, including a motorcycle dealership, an auto dealership, a...

Opinions, concerns and ideas were shared by 14 people, including the mayor of Chenoa, during Thursday night’s special meeting of the...

Franklin Jalee Fosdick, 88, of Fairbury, passed away at 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Goldwater Care in Pontiac. Funeral services...

On March 11, 2024, Carol Sue Hanfland (Bray), 77, of Acworth, GA, passed away peacefully at home lovingly surrounded by her family. Born...

The facilities study report prepared by BLDD Architects and the “PACT” Committee was presented to members of the Prairie Central Board of...

130 Years Ago June 23, 1894 Miss Nettie Lough is spending a few days with Mrs. G. F. Blesch in Chicago. The coal miners' strike here has...

A family of four was displaced and three pets were lost after a house fire broke out Tuesday evening in Fairbury. Firefighters were...

Special meetings of the Prairie Central Board of Education are slated for this week pertaining to the future of facilities in the...

In terms of fatalities, the worst automobile accident in the Fairbury area occurred in 1960 when five of the six members of the Dewey...

Chenoa’s mayor appeared before members of the Prairie Central Board of Education at the regular June meeting in support of keeping a...

Nathan Farris, 32, of Forrest, passed away at 5:22 pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Peoria. His funeral...

Land for the new Boys & Girls Club to be located on the north end of town was officially annexed into Fairbury Wednesday night by the...

130 Years Ago June 16, 1894 The Fairbury baseball club went to Forrest on Thursday, where they crossed bats with the nine at that place,...

If you have driven west on Route 24 out of Fairbury, you have likely noticed the big white building on the north side of the road. That...

Gladys L. Koehl, 100, Fairbury, died at 8:33 am Sunday, June 16, 2024 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral will...

The year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Livingston County Historical Society in 1924. The primary impetus for...

130 Years Ago June 9, 1894 The former pupils of Smith Olney, whom he taught here a third of a century ago, met with him and celebrated...

William “Willy” Shols, 69, of Dwight, passed away at 5:15 a.m. on June 9, 2024, at the Arc at Dwight. Cremation has been accorded. His...

World War II was brought to an end in 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki....