Fairbury News

T he Lincoln Parents' Center would like to invite you to Play & Learn, a free playgroup that is offered the first three Fridays of the month from 9:30 to 11, with a parents' group following till 11:30. It is held in the downstairs preschool classroom at the YMCA building on Wyatt Street.

Christina Lynn Fosdick and Raymond Robert Burgess of Morris will unite in marriage on July 24, 2010, in Morris.

As we approach Thanksgiving, here's some food for thought. Do you know where your food comes from? We know eating locally produced food is better for the environment because there aren't as many transportation costs.

Urbana- It's a campaign to teach kids about the dangers of drugs and Thursday Prairie Center Health Systems held its 20th annual recognition reception for the red ribbon campaign.

753 met Oct. 1 at Benchwarmer's Pub in Fairbury. Following lunch, Chapeau Thelma Rhodes, Gibson City, called the meeting to order.

The Princeton Tigresses captured Saturday's Lady Comet Classic championship at Reed-Custer with a 5-0 record, defeating Fairbury Prairie Central in the championship match.

A local inventor has built a unique electric motor that could drive in a couple hundred jobs to Illinois.

A patron cuts her dish at Bacaro in Champaign on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. Bacaro is the only restaurant outside of Chicago to feature produce from Spence Farms in Fairbury, Ill.

Governor Pat Quinn presided over a successful Sale of Champions Tuesday evening, as the annual auction of prize-winning Illinois State Fair livestock broke three records.

More than 3,000 antique tools sit in storage at Peoria's Sommer Park, waiting for their turn to share a bit of history.

More than 3,000 antique tools sit in storage at Peoria's Sommer Park, waiting for their turn to share a bit of history.

Eleven people recently completed University of Illinois Extension"s Master Food Preserver course.

College students tend to study in their dorms, apart ments, libraries or at a fa vorite park bench, but Will Gerber prefers a "desk" near a window overlooking a shopping center.