A Fairbury staple is being rebranded. Hoffman House, at the corner of Third Street and Route 24, has turned into a local destination and...

Martha Eunice Meister, 63, Fairbury, died at 5:45 am Monday, April 17, 2023 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Martha was...

Mark Alan Duncan, 62 of Fairbury passed away, surrounded by his children at 1:30pm, Friday, April 14, 2023 at OSF St. Francis Medical...

In July 1896, the Fisher & Hartley company of Goodland, Indiana, obtained a franchise from the City Council to erect and operate a...

A historical bank building in downtown Fairbury is undergoing a multi-phase renovation. Bluestem Bank, branch of Bank of Pontiac, is...

130 Years Ago April 8, 1893 Thursday evening about thirty of the friends of Rev. W. L. Riley made him a social call at the home of Dr....

Anna Pauline Kaeb, 101, Fairbury, died at 6:45 am Friday, April 7, 2023 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral...

More than 700 people were served during the annual SELCAS pancake and sausage breakfast fundraiser in Fairbury Saturday morning. “People...

The Zimmerman hardware store was a popular Fairbury business from 1941 until 1992. The story of the Zimmerman family began with the birth...

Mark S. Gray “Graydog”, 71, of Fairbury, died at 6:55 PM on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Accolade Healthcare in Pontiac. Duffy-Pils...

The demolition process has started at the old Fairbury Hospital building. This news came during Wednesday’s regular meeting of the...

Unlike a couple of other area towns, Tuesday’s election lacked contested races in Fairbury. For Ward 1 Alderperson, Jon M. Kinate...

By the 1880s, electricity began to be used in many towns. Because electricity was new technology in that era, it was unknown whether...

Mary Katherine Dohleman, 92, of Fairbury, passed away at 3:10am, March 28, 2023, at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana. Her funeral...

It’s the end of the newspaper era for Fairbury as The Blade is no more. The news came this week that the previous March 22 edition was...

With the Consolidated Election only days away, Livingston County Clerk and Recorder Kristy Masching has issued some reminders for Tuesday...

Eric G. Ray, 41, Fairbury, died at 5:48 pm Monday, March 27, 2023 at OSF St. James – John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. His funeral...

130 Years Ago March 25, 1893 The Wabash section men north of Forrest are said to be out on strike for $1.50 per day. George Decker left...

Michael Lucas Sullivant was a very successful Ohio farmer. He sold his Ohio farmland and purchased 80,000 acres in Champaign and 40,000...

Hundreds gathered at the First Baptist Church in Fairbury Saturday evening for a vigil to remember Prairie Central students Dylan Bazzell...