A new Boys and Girls Club building was discussed at the start of Wednesday’s regular Fairbury City Council meeting. The estimated cost to...

Judith Kay Moore, of Fairbury, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2023 at Evenglow Assisted Living Center. Cremation rites have been...

130 Years Ago December 30, 1893 The Bank of A. B. Claudon will add a new cashier to its force, January 1, to accommodate its increasing...

Dr. Glenn Hudgens, a beloved healer, devoted family man, and community stalwart, peacefully passed away on December 20, 2023 in Carmel,...

Joyce M. Crews, 96 of Fairbury died at 11:45pm, Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Serenity Villa, Fairview Haven Retirement Community,...

Betty Jane Wiegand, 99, Fairbury, died at 2:10 am Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral...

Many Fairbury citizens remember the Old Susannah Restaurant and its successor, the Westgate Supper Club. In 1957, Edward Metz (1900-1985)...

Josh Michael Maquet, 52, Fairbury, died at 10:39 am Thursday, December 28, 2023 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. A Celebration of...

Eugene “Gene” Denick, 79, Tucson, AZ and formerly of Fairbury, died Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in Tucson. Visitation will be 9:30 to...

Eunice M. Stork, 80, of Fairbury, and formerly of Roberts, passed away at 4:07 am Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Fairview Haven...

130 Years Ago December 23, 1893 G. W. Eckhart has sold the railroad restaurant to the Baylor Bros., Frank and L. M. They take possession...

In what has become a tradition at the December meeting, members of the Prairie Central Board of Education recognized Prairie Central FFA...

Fairbury has many interesting connections. For example, two Fairbury men, Edward Von Tobel and Jake Beckley, helped to found the city of...

Cathryn Lorine Frisby, 102, Pontiac and formerly of Fairbury, died at 12:30 pm Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Evenglow Lodge, Pontiac....

Paul Salinas Sr., 63 of Fairbury died at 12:16 am, Thursday, December 21, 2023 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center ER, Pontiac....

Allan Meiss, 49, of Fairbury, passed away at 2:46pm, December 22, 2023, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. His funeral will be...

Ashley Cooper, 26, of Fairbury, passed away at 7:47am, December 20, 2023, UIC, Chicago. A visitation will be held from 4-7:00pm,...

A maintenance shop for A&A Attractions was destroyed by fire Saturday morning on the west end of Fairbury. “It was clear through the roof...

It appears some local utility bills were lost in the mail. Fairbury City Superintendent Brett Ashburn shared the news with members of the...

130 Years Ago December 16, 1893 S. J. Perlee was in Chicago last week completing arrangements for the opening of a branch commission...