Fairfield News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? Apparent tornadoes destroyed houses, sent people to hospitals and tore up the roof of a maximum security prison in northern Alabama as bad weather threatened more twisters across the region Friday, two days after a storm system killed 13 people in the Midwest and South.In the Huntsville area, at least four people were taken to area hospitals, and several houses were leveled by what ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a call at 5:38 p.m. Thursday at 1924 185th St., where it appeared a truck ran a stop sign and smashed through a fence.

President Barack Obama warned that he is not bluffing about attacking Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon, but in an interview published Friday, Obama also cautioned U.S. ally Israel that a premature attack on Iran would do more harm than good.In his most expansive remarks on the issue thus far, Obama told The Atlantic magazine that Iran and Israel both understand that ?a military component? is among a mix of ...

Fairfield City Administrator Jeff Clawson has accepted a position with the city of Princeton, Ill.Clawson publicly announced his resignation Wednesday, but was unable to release the name of his new employer until today. His resignation takes effect April 27.Clawson came to Fairfield in June 2010 from LeRoy, Ill. He had worked in Illinois 23 years before accepting the job here and said he is only returning to ...

The Van Buren County Board of Supervisors approved a $7.75 million budget for fiscal year 2013, following a hearing Monday at the district courtroom.Taxes levied on property will increase from $2,529,883 to $2,579,602.According to county auditor Jon Finney, road use taxes and other intergovernmental transfers make up about half of all sources of revenue for the budget, with the rest coming from property taxes ...

After 2.5 hours of discussion and reviewing previous floor plans about updating Fairfield High School, school board members left Wednesday night?s work session with homework.?The seven of us need to come up with a plan, something that will endure and make sense 30 years from now, and longer,? Jennifer Anderson, board president, told other members. ?We all need to compile what we know and come to an agreement on ...

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors? public hearing on the county budget has been rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. March 12.The hearing was originally scheduled for this coming Monday, but has been pushed back one week.

The Fairfield City Council approved the employment of two new police officers Monday, bringing the 14-person department back up to 13.Kathy Blumhagen and Jason Chalupa have been hired effective March 5.A third new officer is in line for employment as soon as Blumhagen or Chalupa completes field training. The department is only equipped to have two in training at a time.