Fairfield News

Fairfield Police Department investigated at 11:34 a.m. Sunday a report of destruction/damage/vandalism of property at 1000 N. Fourth St., Maharishi University of Management campus. Rear windows were damages, with an estimated damage of $500 each.Dawn Denise Dunn, 36 of Libertyville, was arrested at 1:22 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of West Burlington Avenue for driving while barred.Robert Brown, 35, and ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors discussed snow removal with county engineer Scott Cline at today?s board meeting and feasible ways to track where secondary roads crews had plowed and where they would be at various times after a storm.?I fielded some calls last week, and I know I wasn?t the only one, about county road maintainers and where they were and when they would get to a specific road,? said superviso...

A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land a role on the TV show ?Breaking Bad.? She turns up routinely along the U.S.-Mexico border at safe houses, and is sighted on dashboards of cars used to smuggle methamphetamine through the southwest desert.Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known ...

Set on a gritty corner of Oakland?s International Boulevard, the nonprofit Street Level Health Project offers free checkups to patients who speak a total of 22 languages, from recent Mongolian immigrants seeking a doctor to Burmese refugees in need of a basic dental exam.It also provides a window into one of the challenges for state officials who are trying to implement the Affordable Care Act, President Barack ...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush writes in a new book that Mitt Romney moved so far to the right on immigration that it proved ?all but impossible? for the Republican presidential nominee to appeal to Hispanic voters in the 2012 election.Bush writes in his new book, ?Immigration Wars,? that many Republicans have been ?remarkably tone-deaf? when it comes to attracting Latino voters. He says if the party doesn?t ...

Bob?s Automotive earns designation Bob?s Automotive Inc. in Fairfield has earned the Approved Auto Repair designation from AAA.In doing so, Bob?s Automotive joins a national network of nearly 8,000 automotive repair facilities displaying the AAA Approved Auto Repair sign.To qualify, a repair facility must meet AAA?s strict criteria for technician certification and customer satisfaction. The shop must be ...

The Jefferson County Health Center Board of Trustees approved the 2014 fiscal year county budget during a public hearing at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening at the health center.?The levy is down, and we?ve reduced the cash asking by $250,000,? said the health center?s chief financial officer Gene Irwin.The tax rate will be $1.48331 per $1,000 of taxable valuation, which will bring in an estimated ...

Allen Biggs takes a shot in a game of snooker Saturday at the Fairfield Eagles Lodge. Joining Biggs on the snooker table were John Apalara, left, Tim Bringman, second from left, and Jim Hartman.

Fairfield Police Department investigated at 4:02 p.m. Thursday a report of a rear window broken out of a 1998 Oldsmobile sometime between 8-9:30 a.m. Thursday at 102 N. Cromwell Ave.Miguel Ontiveros, 34, of Stockport, was cited for improper backing at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday. He was plowing First National Bank parking lot with a John Deere 3720 tractor. He backed out onto Court Street and made contact with a 2005 ...

A semi trailer came to rest on its side after tipping over on Highway 34 at 5:38 a.m. today about seven miles east of Fairfield. The driver of the vehicle was James Campe, 32, of Illinois. Campe was hauling printer paper, which was scattered throughout the median. The semi was towed, and the driver was transported to a hotel.

An Army private charged in the largest leak of classified material in U.S. history says he sent the material to WikiLeaks to enlighten the public about American foreign and military policy.Pfc. Bradley Manning gave a detailed explanation of his actions in a military courtroom Thursday as he entered guilty pleas to some charges.A judge is weighing whether to accept Manning?s guilty plea to reduced charges on 10 ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to the report at 5:38 a.m. today of a semi-trailer on it?s side in the highway median at Quince Avenue and Highway 34. James Campe, 32, with a valid Illinois license, was traveling west on Highway 34 when he lost control and went into the median. He was hauling office paper, which was scattered throughout the median. The report said the driver was OK. The truck was ...