This year’s Prairie Central Hawk football team is looking forward to another season which begins Friday night at home against Tolono...

Fairbury’s August 21 blood drive, which was held at the First United Methodist Church, collected 67 units. First-time donors were Merryn...

130 Years Ago August 25, 1894 C. C. McDonald, the machinist, is constructing an apparatus whereby the new Christian Church will be...

A new center under construction on the north end of Fairbury will serve both the young and old as a place of learning, mentorship and...

Carolyn Sue Rosenthal of Pontiac, IL, died on August 23, 2024 at the John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac. She was born March 17,...

The ABC (Avoca Betterment Club) group was an organization of farmers and their families living in Avoca Township, north of Fairbury,...

Grover Eugene Bazzell, 89, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at his home in Arrowsmith.  His funeral will be held on Wednesday,...

A retirement lunch was held in Robert Ziegenhorn’s honor Thursday as he retires following 19 years working for the city water works....

Firefighters from numerous area departments responded to a structure fire at Ace Plastics in Chatsworth Thursday morning. Crews were...

130 Years Ago August 18, 1894 The Reynolds Bros. Circus showed here Tuesday and gave a good performance. At the circus about twenty of...

A plaque was presented to family members of the late Charles Hoselton Sr. during Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Fairbury City...

A week before the regular season begins, the Prairie Central and Ridgeview-Lexington football teams are ready to scrimmage on Friday...

Fine Arts Ainzley Bach, 1 first; Jackson Bahler, 1 second, 1 fourth; Savannah Bahler, 1 fourth; Gerald Brandt, 3 thirds; Shannon Brown, 2...

A rural Fairbury man has died following a single-vehicle crash which occurred early Sunday. Livingston County Coroner Michael E. Renner...

Cooper Cemetery is a small cemetery about seven miles southwest of Fairbury. Over 300 people have been buried in this cemetery, which is...

After all of these years, the Lions Club bingo tent at the Fairbury Fair is still going strong today. “The club started it on their own...

The Prairie Central Board of Education has approved a resolution requiring the submission of a proposition to issue $45 million in school...

Doug Webel gained an interest in pigs years ago from being at the Fairbury Fair. He went to the University of Illinois for a bachelor’s...

As a kid, Desireé DeWeese’s family was active in Floral Hall at the Fairbury Fair and she thought it was time to participate again this...

Everett Meister, 82, of Fairbury, passed away at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday, August 13, 2024. His funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday,...