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'Friendsgiving' for IOOF Lodge
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows Livingston Lodge 290 hosted the second annual Friendsgiving. Grand Master Ray Jackson, Deputy Grand...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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Sealtite hosts open house
The ribbon has officially been cut for Sealtite Insulation and Slabjacking’s new facility on the west side of Fairbury. Members of the...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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'Night Owl Prowl' was a hit
Fugate Woods Nature Preserve in Livingston County served as the host site for numerous educational events throughout 2024 and concluded...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Obituary: Rieger
Diane E. Rieger, 77, of Fairbury, formerly of Chatsworth, passed away at 4:21pm, November 6, 2024, at Serenity Villa at Fairview Haven...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Back to the drawing board
The Prairie Central School District is expected to use information from the results of Tuesday’s failed referendum question to reassess...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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City approves parking change
Members of the Fairbury City Council approved a traffic amendment to the Municipal Code Book during Wednesday’s regular meeting at City...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Looking Back: 11-6-24
130 Years Ago November 3, 1894 A roller skating club has been organized in town with about twenty members. They will use Mapel's Hall....
Kari Kamrath
Nov 6, 202412 min read
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PC proposition voted down
The question for voters in the Prairie Central district was voted down, based on unofficial election results from late Tuesday. The no...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Weather focus of meeting
Emergency personnel, local government officials and community volunteers gathered at the Edelman warehouse in Fairbury Monday night for a...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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Ballot includes school question
Voters in the Prairie Central School District will consider a proposition Tuesday to issue $45,000,000 in school building bonds to build...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 4, 20243 min read
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Taylor house home of hospital
The first Fairbury hospital was started in 1911 by two nurses who were classmates at the Sanitarium Training School in Hinsdale,...
Dale C. Maley
Nov 4, 20246 min read
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Obituary: Mueller
Ronald John Mueller Sr., 87, Forrest, died at 12:55 PM Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at his daughter’s home in Bastrop, TX. Funeral services...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Obituary: Magee
Ellen Magee, 95, Fairbury, died October 31, 2024 at Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac. Her Funeral Mass will be 10:00 am Monday, November 4,...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Rotary donates to Cropsey fund
The Fairbury Rotary Club presented a check to representatives from the Cropsey Area Community Fund during a social gathering last week at...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Food drive is Saturday
The Fairbury Community Food Pantry is holding an all-town Thanksgiving Food Drive this Saturday, Nov. 2 starting at 9 a.m. They would...
Fairbury News staff
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Looking Back 10-30-24
130 Years Ago October 27, 1894 A. B. Carrithers, brother of Attorney Carrithers, of this place, and a telegraph operator at 47th street,...
Kari Kamrath
Oct 30, 202412 min read
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Hawks set to battle Byron
The IHSA football playoff field has been set and Prairie Central travels up to Byron in a first-round playoff game Friday evening at 7...
Fairbury News staff
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Outhouses part of our past
For about 100 years, privies or outhouses were built at every home in Fairbury and on each farm. In her Fairbury history book titled...
Dale C. Maley
Oct 28, 20244 min read
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PC FFA shines at nationals
It was another successful National FFA Convention for Prairie Central once again. Hannah Miller was the national champion in the area of...
Fairbury News staff
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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Looking Back: 10-24-24
140 Years Ago October 6, 1884 Last Saturday morning at 1:45 the alarm of fire was sounded by Officer Redd. Hardly was it sounded before...
Kari Kamrath
Oct 24, 202412 min read
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