Fairbury

This month voters in Prairie Central approved a referendum allowing the school district to borrow $38 million for necessary facility upgrades, including a new centralized elementary school in Fairbury. That means the current Prairie Central Primary West elementary school in Chenoa will close, as well as two others in Chatsworth and Fairbury.

Technical Metals Inc. in Fairbury is a 55-year-old family business that provides grinding, welding and other metal services to heavy equipment manufacturers.

The multi-platinum country star joins an esteemed list of headliners to grace the country music series originally launched 4 years ago at the Livingston County speedway.

The multi-platinum country star will be joined Aug. 16 by Nashville singer/songwriter KayLyn Pace.

Chloe Hoselton, a Prairie Central High School junior, won the 235-pound state championship in girls wrestling. She was the fourth member of her family to win a state wrestling title.

A traveling exhibit highlighting rural innovation features seven Illinois communities. Fairbury and Chatsworth partnered to bring "Spark! Places of Innovation" to Livingston County.

An estimated 600 people took part in a prayer vigil at Prairie Central High School on Saturday to mourns the deaths of students Drew Fehr and Dylan Bazzell, who died in a ski-related accident last Sunday.

Superintendent Paula Crane said the high school has teamed with Baptist Church in Fairbury to offer counseling, prayer and a place for students to gather on Monday.

Surrounded by farmland as far as the eye can see, Lincoln Slagel showed off a crop you don't see too often here in central Illinois: hops.His mostly…