130 Years Ago March 16, 1895 The vote on the question of the adoption by Fairbury of the city form of government was not very warmly...

Brian Quam will be Prairie Central's next superintendent, effective July 1 of this year. The next superintendent has been named for the...

Over the last several years, many people have donated interesting items to the collection of Fairbury-related items at the Echoes Museum....

This home along County Road 600N in rural Fairbury was destroyed by fire Saturday, photo via Austin Wenger. No one was injured after a...

130 Years Ago March 9, 1895 Will Braun has accepted a position in the drug store of N. Hurt at Forrest. Will is a fine boy and no doubt...

The results are in from the IESA State Wrestling Tournament for Prairie Central. Kellan Spisok finished with a 4-1 record and finishes in...

Wendy J. Sparks, 67, Fairbury, died at 1:52 pm Friday, March 7, 2025 at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana. Wendy was born April...

Although about 65 Union Army Civil War veterans are buried at Graceland Cemetery, only two fought in the Confederate Army. One of these...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dean Eugene Wessels on March 5, 2025. Dean was born on October 28, 1962, in...

Carol A. Taylor (nee Trowbridge) of Chatsworth, IL, transitioned into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at OSF St James-John...

Prairie Central Superintendent Paula Crane appeared before members of the Fairbury City Council Wednesday evening at City Hall. Should...

Two teachers in the Prairie Central School District have received Empowering Education grants through Eastern Illini Electric...

130 Years Ago March 2, 1895 The electric light people have been putting in a great amount of costly machinery. Among the improvements are...

Monday night's National Honor Society induction ceremony at PCHS. Seven Prairie Central High School students are the newest inductees...

PCHS wrestler Chloe Hoselton rides in a fire truck driven by Aaron Rhoades leaving from Chenoa Monday. It was like déjà vu along U.S....

PCJH wrestlers Brady Carrion, Kellen Willis & Coach Tyler Webster on last Thursday's Fairbury News show. Four Prairie Central Junior High...

Valentine Darnall was the first settler in Livingston County and the Fairbury area in the Fall of 1829. Darnall settled on what is now...

130 Years Ago February 23, 1895 The meetings at the M. E. Church continue with good interest. There have been thirteen conversions. T. S....

Back row: Addison Huber, Tyler Young, Justin Leman, Lily Schaffer, Layne Schaffer, Kaylee Skaggs, Kylie Miller. Front row: Kamber Kilgus,...

Phillip Miller Hotaling ran a Fairbury grocery store from 1900 until 1942. The Hotaling family's story began with Miller Hotaling's birth...