Fairfield News

Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.The potential for a landfall as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Tuesday prompted evacuations along a wide area of the Gulf Coast and sent people out to stock up on staples.?I gassed up ? truck and generator?, John Corll, 59, a ...

U.S. Cellular?s Calling All Communities campaign will return for the fourth year in September.It challenges schools to rally community support for the chance to win a share of $1 million to fund the projects their students need the most. The school that garners the most community votes will win $150,000 with the next 17 schools each receiving $50,000.Since the program began in 2008, U.S. Cellular has awarded $3 ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated a report at 7:15 p.m. Saturday of second degree theft in the 600 block of West Monroe Avenue.Criminal mischief was reported to the police at 3:30 Saturday in the 300 block of West Monroe Avenue, Two male juveniles, ages 15, were released to their parents with charges pending.A male Husky dog was picked up in the 800 block of West Washington Avenue at 6:53 a.m. Saturday.T...

Fairfield schools began classes this week working around two construction projects ? middle school?s HVAC changes and D Street repairs ? that have not impeded educational progress.?D Street will open to local traffic tonight,? Jerry Long an engineer at French-Reneker Associates said this morning. ?The street is ?old? enough that it?s cured. Construction will be ongoing; driveways were just poured in the past few ...

Richard Westmoreland Mathias, 45, of Mount Pleasant was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment for conspiring to manufacture at least 100 marijuana plants and for possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, reports U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Gritzner also sentenced Mathias to four years supervised release.Mathias grew marijuana at his residence and at an additional ...

Shari Starr cut through the parking lot behind the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center this morning to stay off the street. Starr said she rides her bike everywhere, or else she walks.

Solicitor banned Ben Jamison will no longer be allowed to solicit funds in Fairfield after failing to comply with normal procedure, according to Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey and Jefferson County Sheriff Jerry Droz.Thursday, after the sheriff?s office was told Jamison was attempting to solicit funds under the guise of a police/deputy organization, residents and businesses were alerted Jamison was not ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 12:08 a.m. Friday on Highway 34/163 approximately three miles west of Henry Jefferson Avenue. A caller advised witnessing a vehicle going into the ditch. Irvin G. Redburn of St. Louis was driving a 2003 Kia Sedona van east on Highway 34/163 and fell asleep at the wheel. He crossed the median and the westbound lanes of traffic, coming to rest in the ...

Two U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law enforcement official said.The two were riding in an armored U.S. Embassy vehicle when they came under fire on a highway leading to the city of Cuernavaca.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said both were hospitalized, one with a wound to the leg and the other hit in the stomach ...

Teressa Parker gets gas this morning at Jet Stop and commented that when she pays at the pump, ?I always take my receipt, but sometimes there are others left hanging there.? Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey reports some gas pump purchases paid at the pump with the swipe of a credit or debit card will unlock the pump, but not record the payment. If that happens, the gas station may report the transaction as a ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated a report at 6:47 a.m. Thursday of a stolen vehicle in the 800 block of Sunset Drive.Willis Stanley Biddle of 803 S. 33rd St., was cited for failure to maintain control and failure to provide security against liability at 9:17 a.m. Thursday. Biddle was driving a 2002 Ford F150 truck east on Burlington Avenue near D Street and collided with the back of a 2003 Toyota ...

The following traffic tickets were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Deena R. Shondel of Mount Pleasant, failure to carry driver?s license.Stacey Annette Daughter of 1009 Oakwood, disobeying traffic signal.Seth Allen Robertson of Keosauqua, expired plates.Elsie Stimson Smith of 704 W. Burlington Ave., speeding.Carrie Lynn Lathrop of North Liberty, speeding.Timothy Eldon Millard of Lockridge, ...