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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,We are preparing for the Fairbury Area Community Choir Good Friday service on April 3, 2026, at 12:00 noon…
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My Robot Ate My Homework
By Gordon Hopkins As AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes inescapable, more and more businesses and institutions are having to enact an…
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Rich DeBoer
Please help us celebrate our amazing husband, Dad and Grandpa, Rich DeBoer as he turns 80 on January 25th! Cards…
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The Really Big Chill
By Gordon Hopkinas Journalists are taught not to become a part of the story. We don’t want to be part…
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Keeping Pace
The main goal, no matter what, is what is best for the students.Fairbury will be moving to eight-man football next…
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Holding The Line
There is a trickle down of the economy that reaches places like Fairbury after it happens elsewhere.As prices surged on…
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The Great American Outrage Machine
By Gordon Hopkins I write both news and opinion in this paper. Contrary to what some news outlets would have…
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I Survived
By Gordon Hopkins There are just a few scant days before 2026. The New Year is upon us and, with…
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12.24.25
1969A Topeka, Kansas, youth was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a knife attack on a group of Fairbury…
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Like Felon, Like Son
By Gordon Hopkins I recently read a book called “In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs…
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