About Us

Welcome to the Fake Burg Telegram, a satirical local paper for Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and Champaign County.

We cover village council, high school sports, fair week, road construction as a personality type, and the eternal struggle between two neighbors who mow at different times.

What we are

A parody news site. Stories are invented for entertainment. The look is inspired by classic Midwest daily papers — the content is our own.

What we are not

We are not the Urbana Daily Citizen or any other real newspaper. We do not publish real obituaries, real legal notices, or real breaking news unless clearly labeled.

Contact

News tips and corrections: use the Contact page.