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...

Senior athletes were celebrated during the 36th annual Prairie Central High School athletic banquet this week. Following the presentation...

The top readers at Prairie Central Elementary took a small field trip across town Tuesday for lunch and conversation with the Fairbury...

130 Years Ago May 6, 1893 Anderson & Smail have been awarded the contract for building the Presbyterian parsonage for $1,440. Work will...

Esther Leona Gerber, 89, Fairbury, died at 4:52 pm Monday, May 8, 2023 at Serenity Villa at Fairview Haven Retirement Community,...

Around the year 1900, most Fairbury farms had some livestock. This livestock, as well as the farm family members, required water every...

Two familiar faces at the annual Fairbury Community Sale continue their long auctioneer careers. Walt Edelman and Dan Grosshans could be...

A new president has been chosen for the Prairie Central Board of Education following a special reorganizational meeting Thursday evening...

Chloe Kathryn (Rigsby) Gouge, 87, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, at Cox South Hospital. Chloe was...

Frances K. Toohill, 85, of Forrest, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 1 , 2023. Cremation rites have been accorded....

The annual Brian J. Munz scholarships were presented during Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Fairbury City Council. “Thank you to the...

All of the Fairbury Rotary Students of the Month from this school year attended Tuesday's regular club meeting in the basement of Dominy...

130 Years Ago April 29, 1893 A deal in Chicago real estate of considerable magnitude financially ,was consummated this week whereby a...

A bid from Vissering Construction for an agriculture and I.T. addition to Prairie Central High School was approved by members of the...