Indian Grove Township is among the three townships in the Fairbury area and the one that includes the city of Fairbury. The first...

Lois M. Bazzell, 73, Fairbury, passed away at 6:17pm Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at OSF St. James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center....

Catherine Askew Czaruk age 63 of Cocoa FL, was surrounded by her loving family as she passed away peacefully at AdventHealth, Orlando FL...

Margaret E. Meister, 58, of Oglesby, formerly of Fairbury, died at 9:50am, Saturday, May 27, 2023 at OSF St. Joseph Medical center,...

130 Years Ago May 27, 1893 C. C. McDonald has just completed a 400-light incandescent dynamo at his shops. The machine is a beauty and...

The Fairbury-Cropsey Class of 1968 held a 55th reunion last Friday, May 26 at the Indian Creek Clubhouse. Members of the class are as...

The family of Jim and Joan Steidinger are hosting an open house Sunday, June 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the lives of their parents...

Like many states, Illinois started with townships, then moved on to cities and counties. In the Fairbury area, there are three townships....

The significance of Memorial Day was shared with those attending the annual service at Fairbury’s Graceland Cemetery Monday morning....

Messages of thanks, remembrance and hope were shared during the 2023 Prairie Central High School graduation ceremony Friday evening on...

Congratulations to the Prairie Central High School graduating class of 2023. Graduation will be held this Friday, May 26 starting at 7...

Lloyd W. Bachtold, 89, Fairbury, passed away peacefully at 12:30 am Wednesday, May 24, 2023 surrounded by his family at his residence in...

130 Years Ago May 20, 1893 Forrest — J. Delatour has started a grocery store one door west of Skinner Bros. Ed Eignus drives a span of...

Thanks to help from the community, most of the pigs from a burning building on the Blunier farm near Forrest were saved Tuesday evening....

William B. Decker lived to be 103 years of age and was the oldest member of the Masonic Lodge in the world. One of his sons, Luther...

Many hands came together at Fairbury’s Munz Nature Park Sunday afternoon to put over 900 native plants in a new area. Plants were...

New bus cameras are coming to the Prairie Central school district after a vote by the Prairie Central Board of Education during the...

Adam Dontz from the Greater Livingston County Economic Development Council appeared before members of the Fairbury City Council Wednesday...

130 Years Ago May 13, 1893 At a special meeting of the city council last Saturday evening an ordinance was passed granting a franchise to...

Early farming was very labor-intensive. Farm families were large, so the children could help with the farm work. The average farm size...