Fairbury’s Specialty Shops on a Special Week-end – The Fairbury Community is rich in Shops, Stores and Service Providers that offer an outstanding venue of specialty items and services for their patrons. They have things that you either can’t find at the major retail outlets or that aren’t there in…
Written by one of our local Fairburians… To Racing Fans and Anyone looking for some exciting entertainment – For those of you who follow the stock car dirt track racing programs you’ll remember that back on Saturday, June 21st, the UMP Summer Nationals circuit had an event scheduled here at…
The GFWC of Fairbury is sponsoring a mid-summer coalition to once again harness the individual garage/yard sale power of the town into an organized presentation aimed at proving that one person’s excess is another person’s treasure. For those of you who would like to use this opportunity to maybe empty…
“Angels In Heaven” – The Tori and Alec Crutcher Memorial Event This two day event is held in honor of the memory of two young people who were tragically lost in a vehicular accident while traveling on vacation in Oklahoma in 2010. This annual celebration of their memory is designed…
6th Annual Munzy Golf Outing at Indian Creek Golf & Country Club on Saturday, July 19th. Shotgun starts at 7:30am & 1pm.
World War II – Veterans of Renown Here in the 21st century, long after the profound devastation of that global conflict of the 1940’s, we are privileged to be able to recognize those men and women who proudly served their country in a time of great need. They left the…
The Dominy Library Summer Reading Program – “Paws to Read” – July’s Schedule Well, for those of you who chose to exercise the brain and stop the drain the saga of the Library’s summer reading schedule continues. By now you will have started your literary assignments (hope you’re keeping up),…
Written by one of our local Fairbury Speedway Race fans… The excitement of one of dirt track racing’s premiere events is coming to The American Legion Speedway at the Fairgrounds in Fairbury – the UMP Summer Nationals racing tour will be making its annual appearance at the raceway on Saturday,…
You want shopping for almost anything, you want a place to grab a nice lunch or even a relaxing meal, you need groceries, or, how about the excitement of stock car racing – ? If any of that appeals to you (aw cmon, you know it does) then you need…
Many years ago there was a little drive-in restaurant in Fairbury on the corner of First Street and Route 24 that was called RD’s Drive-In. Run by Ted and Ruth Doran it had an extensive menu, for the time, but it wasn’t a specialty menu – you know, just the…
