Brian Douglas “Doug” Aaron, 68, Fairbury, died at 6:00 am Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at his residence, Fairbury. His funeral will be held...

It is a new era for Prairie Central High School football as Mike Goodwin has taken the reigns as head coach. The kids have been working...

130 Years Ago August 5, 1893 Our drought continues and the question of securing the services of a rainmaker was agitated again this week....

Rod L. Fogarty, 72, Fairbury, died at 11:32 pm Saturday, August 5, 2023 at his home. He had been battling Alzheimer’s and then a brain...

Timothy G. Reis, 62, Fairbury, died at 5:39 am, Thursday, August 3, 2023 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. A...

Thomas Neal Smith was a very successful farmer who came to Avoca Township with just $100 of money. During his lifetime, he bought...

Since the Prairie Central High School marching band is based in Fairbury, it is only fitting that this year’s show is called “Dirt...

Margery A. Pratt, 90, of Pontiac, passed away into the arms of Jesus, at 1:47am, August 3, 2023, at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical...

A study on the buildings in the Prairie Central school district was presented to members of the PC school board’s Building and Grounds...

130 Years Ago July 29, 1893 Baldy's Babes — G. W. Eckhart is the foster father of nine infants whose aspirations to wield the willow and...

Independent Order Of Odd Fellows Livingston Lodge 290 and Rebekah Charity Home Lodge 112, both of Fairbury, set up shop in the parking...

The 1940s were the heyday for Fairbury area Native American artifact collectors. Ten avid collectors formed the Fairbury Archaeological...

Ricky Thornton Jr. of Indiana took the checkered flag in Saturday night’s 33rd Prairie Dirt Classic race at Fairbury Speedway. Thornton...

130 Years Ago July 22, 1893 The German Apostolic Church, in the course of erection the past five months, was opened to the members...

Fairbury firefighters were dispatched to the 400 block of south Fourth Street just before 3 p.m. for a contractor who struck a gas line...

The annual food services and transportation reports were approved by members of the Prairie Central Board of Education during the group’s...

Wiley Sparks was one of the early settlers in the Fairbury area. The Sparks family first came to America in the early 1700s to Maryland....

Ivan Miller of Cropsey, a member of the Fairbury Prairie Farmers 4-H Club, was all smiles Saturday morning after winning Master...

A project to replace the awning roof at the Fairbury Echoes Museum is now at the shingling stage of the process, it was revealed at last...

Orville Kupferschmid, 85, of Forrest, passed away at 6:44pm, July 17, 2023, at OSF St. James Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. His...