Fairbury News

14/07/2025

🍦 Flavor of the Week 🍦

Cool off with the refreshing twist of Lemon-Lime! It’s tangy, sweet, and so refreshing. 🍋🍈

14/07/2025

The Livingston County Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at the historic Livingston County Courthouse in downtown Pontiac.An appointment will be made to the Odell Fire Protection District and the Ag and Zoning Committee will consider an amendment and approval of a decommissioning agreement with Oxeye So...

13/07/2025

Save the date!! More details coming soon.

11/07/2025

Look for Woody & Bubba’s BBQ serving again at the 2nd Summer Fun Night in Forrest tonight (July 11). Ground has been broken for the start of the Train-themed playground that is going in beside the pavilion - a longtime dream of the WaBash Festival Committee. They are thankful for a generous donor who made this possible.

11/07/2025

Robert was a boiler repairman by trade and last worked for Slagel Monument in Fairbury. He was a veteran of the United States Army.

Robert Lewis Geary, 90, of Chatsworth, passed away at 4:05 am, June 5, 2025, at Acolade Healthcare in Savoy.Cremation has been accorded. Burial will take place at a later date.Robert was born June 4, 1935, in Chicago, the son of Dwight L. and Mona (Hightower) Geary. Surviving are his sons, Robert (N...

11/07/2025

Dale received his Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Illinois University and his MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology. He previously was the Vice President for NiSource Inc., Merrillville, IN.

Dale Alan Helmers, 67, Rio Verde, AZ, died at his residence on June 26, 2025.Dale was born December 16, 1957 in Fairbury, IL the son of John William and Darlene Elaine Tavener Helmers.He married Amy Lynn Fulton on April 14, 1984 in Decatur, IL. She survives in Rio Verde, AZ.Other survivors include h...

11/07/2025

Jack Mitchell is named guidance counselor at Fairbury-Cropsey High School in 1965 and Janet M. Hoffman of Fairbury is awarded a Jonathon Baldwin Turner Agricultural Merit Scholarship to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture in 1985. Read more in this week's "Looking Back," sponsored by Duffy-Pils Memorial Home.

130 Years AgoJuly 13, 1895Gertrude Shook, daughter of James Shook, living in the northwest part of town, met with a painful accident Thursday evening. Two other little girls were pushing her in a tricycle. They went too fast and overturned the vehicle, dislocating her arm at the elbow.C. C. Hollenba...

08/07/2025

The Barth family is the only family known to have emigrated from Hungary to Fairbury. Read more in Dale Maley's latest history feature, sponsored by Dr. Charlene Aaron.

Most people who emigrated from Europe and ended up in Fairbury were from England, Ireland, Germany, and Switzerland. The Barth family is the only family known to have emigrated from Hungary to Fairbury. The Barth family's story began with the birth of Valentine Barth in Austria, Hungary, in 1844. Th...

05/07/2025

03/07/2025

See our newest sponsor, Woody & Bubba’s BBQ, at the Sibley 4th of July Friday as they’ll be serving before the fireworks from 5-8 p.m.
They sold out last year and are hoping for a great crowd again this year.