Fairfield News

Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News, Inc. for defamation Thursday over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime," claiming the network damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing it is unhealthy and unsafe.The Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based meat processor is seeking $1.2 billion in damages for roughly 200 "false and misleading and defamatory" statements about the product officially known ...

Fairfield Police Department is investigating a fifth degree theft at Fairfield Middle School reported at 7:54 p.m. Thursday.Police took a report of criminal mischief at 5:43 p.m. Thursday from Red Rock Tavern reported to have occurred at 3 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of West Broadway Avenue.Police took a report at 1:12 p.m. Thursday at 706 S. Sixth St., for first-degree robbery, felon in possession of a ...

Just a quarter of eighth and 12th grade students in the United States have solid writing skills, even when allowed to use spell-check and other computer word-processing tools, according to results of a national exam released Friday.Twenty-seven percent of students at each grade level were able to write essays that were well developed, organized and had proper language and grammar ? 3 percent were advanced and 24 ...

The Jefferson County Health Center will be replacing the five humidifier components in its air-handling system after the maintenance staff found holes in the parts.Facilities engineer Larry Mitchell explained to the board of trustees earlier this week the humidifiers are essential in maintaining the 30 to 40 percent humidity levels required in the operating room and medial-surgery areas of the health center.Mitc...

Fairfield Police Department took a report at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday of fifth degree criminal mischief occurring sometime between 6:30 p.m. Monday and 6:40 p.m. Wednesday at the VFW.Police investigated at 10:19 p.m. Wednesday a fifth degree theft occurring between 5-10:15 p.m. Wednesday at Leisure Living, No. 60.Police investigated a broken window at 6:34 p.m. Wednesday on the south side of an apartment at 303 E. ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 10:17 a.m. Wednesday to a brush fire west of Pleasant Lake. The fire was extinguished with water and firefighters stayed on the scene until 12:45 p.m. Fire chief Scott Vaughan said five acres or less had burned on the set aside land. Firefighters had first responded to at this area for a brush fire at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and extinguished it by 5:30 p.m. They were called back ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Suzanne Marie Penton of 2327 Glasgow Road at 8:21 pm. Wednesday near 2255 Glasgow Road for operating while influenced, first offense.

The nation bid farewell Thursday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap on to the moon.The powerful of Washington, the pioneers of space, and the everyday public crowded into the Washington National Cathedral for a public interfaith memorial for the very private astronaut.Armstrong, who died last month in Ohio at age 82, walked on the moon in July 1969.?He?s now slipped the bonds of Earth once ...

New York City?s Board of Health opened up a new, experimental front in the war on obesity Thursday, passing a rule banning sales of big sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries.The regulation, which was proposed in the spring by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and approved by panel of health experts after several months of review, puts a 16-ounce size limit on cups and bottles ...

Jefferson County supervisors agreed to abate taxes due on a house in Surbuban Heights purchased in June 2011 for the pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, and waived property tax interest and penalties for an individual?s 2009 unpaid tax bill.St. Mary Catholic Church was looking at a $2,472 property tax bill due in 2012 and 2013 because the deadline to file for tax-exempt status, Feb. 1, was missed when the home ...

A series of a dozen car thefts reported in Jefferson County in the past month has local authorities combing the community in search of suspects.Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey has ramped up her efforts to stop more cars from being stolen, saturating high theft areas with officers and sending them door-to-door seeking information.?We owe it to people who?ve had their cars stolen,? said Harvey. ?A few people ...

Several volunteers were at the fire station Tuesday afternoon to make improvements to the landscaping as part of the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.Volunteers coming and going throughout the afternoon planted flowers and shrubs, marked a walkway, and laid pea gravel and sodding.The old bench and bell foundation in front of the fire station was replaced. According to fire chief Scott ...