Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a vehicle-deer collision at 7:40 p.m. Monday. Sallie Morgan of 600 S. Third St., was driving northwest on Glasgow Road, approximately half a mile from Osage, when she struck a deer in the roadway. No injuries were reported. No towing was needed.
Fairfield Police Department arrested Marquis Bedford, 15, of 1771 Jasmine Ave., at 1 p.m. Monday at 401 W. Stone Ave., on charges of fifth degree criminal mischief.Police received a report at 5:09 p.m. Thursday of a vehicle broken into in the 400 block of East Lowe Avenue.Police received a report at 11:46 a.m. Thursday of a bicycle stolen in the 1100 block of South D Street.Police received a report at 3:12 ...
Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno?s downfall.The sentence means the 68-year-old former Penn State assistant coach will be in prison at least until he?s nearly 100 years old.Judge John Cleland issued the sentence Tuesday, three months after a jury convicted Sandusky on 45 counts of child ...
Fairfield Police Department arrested Tina Marie Kincaid, 55 and Michael Lee Kincaid, 51, both of Ottumwa, at 4:10 p.m. Thursday at Johnny?s Place on task force warrants for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.Police received a report at 2:32 p.m. Wednesday about vandalism to a vehicle near Seventh Street and Madison Avenue.Police received a report at 11:51 p.m. Sunday of theft of a vehicle at 104 ½ N. ...
Locals had a chance to test their home recipes Friday for the inaugural german chocolate cake contest at 1st Fridays Art Walk Oktoberfest celebration. Jordan Van Dijk of the Chocolate Café carefully collects cakes Friday afternoon from contestants for the evening?s competition. The grand prize went to the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store, and The Chocolate Cafe came in second in the group category. In the ...
Army veteran Don Matyja was getting by alright on the streets of this city tucked in Southern California suburbia until he got ticketed for smoking in the park. Matyja, who has been homeless since he was evicted nearly two years ago, had trouble paying the fine and getting to court ? and now a $25 penalty has ballooned to $600.The ticket is just one of myriad new challenges facing Matyja and others living on the ...
This special four-page section inserted in today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger salutes area pork producers, with a look at Jefferson County farmer Russell Iseman?s hog operation, and more. Click below to see the 2012 salute to Pork Producers.
Jefferson County Health Center officials are looking into extending a walking path to connect its gravel parking lot to the Jefferson County Loop Trail.?Chuck Espy made a great suggestion for us since we are trying to promote wellness at the health center,? Health center administrator and CEO Deb Cardin told the board of trustees during their meeting held the end of September.Espy recommended extending the ...
Fred and Bonnie Steigleder make their way through the breakfast line with their granddaughter Lauren Steigleder for Grandparents Day this morning at Libertyville Elementary School.
A page of news from the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce. Click on "October 2012 Chamber page" under "Related Information" shown below.
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Jared Joseph Bucher, 24, of Packwood, at his house at 10:11 p.m. Thursday on warrants for failure to appear for pre-trial on a charge of driving under suspension.
The Fairfield Beautification Commission presented the fire station with an appreciation plaque for new landscaping Wednesday. The facelift was a community volunteer project Sept. 11 as a local part of the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. The station added a sturdy steel frame to the large bell, manufactured in St. Louis and planted flowers, shrubs and a tree. They also added a small walkway curving ...
Residents with kitchen cabinets brimming with unused medications may be unknowing partners in prescription drug abuse.For fear of contaminating ground water by dumping or flushing drugs, people have been left with few other options. That?s why many locals had an unlikely destination Saturday ? the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office, to take part in one of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration?s Take-Back-Day...
BRIGHTON (GTNS) ? A cheer went up Saturday afternoon as the lead three of the 14 ?light locomotives? that participated in the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour rounded the corner of Washington Street making their way for the finish line.As the initial three cars passed the stop point, the lead vehicle, a 1922 Detroit Electric, didn?t make the ?chug chug? sound distinctive of the horseless carriages that participat...
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