Beginning in 2025, everyone in Edgar County will have a new, easy-to-use and comprehensive resource at their fingertips. The Prairie Press’ first-ever Edgar County Area Community Guide …
Dravin Rocky Lee Flick, 7, of Janesville, Ill., passed away at 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, as a result of a fire at his home. He was a …
Blaize Carter Edwin Switzer, 11, of Janesville, Ill., passed away at 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, as a result of a fire at his home. He was a …
David Ray “Shorty” Laughead, 76, of Paris, passed away at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, at his home surrounded by family. A …
Frances (Joan) Mattingly, 86, of Paris, passed away Wednesday Feb. 5, 2025, at Horizon Health Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial is …
Ronald D. Brown, Jr., 49, of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 12:44 p.m. EST Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in …
Paris Police Department On Feb. 4, at 9:30 a.m., Justin Tresner, 36, of Paris, was arrested at 41 Highland Court and charged with …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 30, at 1:42 a.m., Patrick J. Coleman, 39 of Paris, was arrested in the 100 block of W. Jasper and was …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 30, at 1:42 a.m., Patrick J. Coleman, 39 of Paris, was arrested in the 100 block of W. Jasper and …
On Jan. 23 at 11:45 p.m., Tiffanie R. Smith, 44, of Indianapolis, Ind., was arrested for no valid registration, no valid driver's license, …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 22 at 2:25 p.m., Thomas W. Taft, 37, was arrested at US 150 and Hawkeye Dr. and was charged with driving …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 17, at 7:40 p.m., Samantha D. White, 40, was cited for no valid registration and operating an uninsured …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 14 at 8:36 a.m. Angela C. Entrican, 45, of Paris, was cited at North and Main St. and was …
Paris Police Department On Jan. 9, at 11:49 a.m. Carlos Uribe, 79, of Paris, was cited at 13473 IL HWY 133 and issued a …
The following article is an exact reprint of an article appearing in the Monday, April 16, 1987, edition of The Prairie Beacon-News. It was …
More than 83 years after she began publishing her Little House on the Prairie books and decades after her passing, Laura Ingalls Wilder remains …
In the harsh winter of 1925, a deadly diphtheria outbreak threatened a small town in Alaska. The only way to save the residents of Nome, …
PARIS—Fans of haunted houses and all things horror are cordially invited to the season opening of Halls of Madness (HoM), located at 7857 IL-16, Paris, Ill., on Friday, …