Fairfield News

Roger Simpson said he looked down the road and saw a little girl running outside her home but didn?t give it another thought. Police, however, said the man witnessed a murder in progress.Authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin died after being forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. Severely dehydrated, the girl had a seizure and died days later. ...

Fairfield Middle School fifth-grader Nicole Singer slides replica tobacco chew cans back to contestants in a ?Through with Chew? game during lunchtime Wednesday in the Commons. The event was part of FMS?s observance of ?Through with Chew Week.? Students competed for prizes by sliding the chew cans onto ?Through with Chew? squares, taking care to avoid the consequences of chewing tobacco: rotten teeth, mouth ...

Area school districts currently are observing Engineers Week, but are promoting their engineering programs throughout the year.Engineers Week is the public culmination of a year-round portfolio of programs, according to the Engineers Week Foundation website, www.eweek.org.Area school districts are doing their part to promote interest and understanding of math, science and the basics of engineering.Fairfield ...

Hanson sponsors bill to keep local tax money in Iowa DES MOINES ? State Rep. Curt Hanson of Fairfield has sponsored a bill in the Iowa House to give Iowa businesses first preference to win state and local contracts.The bill is designed to give local businesses a boost and prevent the tax dollars of Iowans from going out of the state or country.?When the tax dollars of Iowans are at stake, we should take every ...

Short-staffed since November, the Fairfield Police Department will soon be returning to full force.Monday, the Fairfield City Council will be asked to approve two new hires, bringing the 14-person department back up to 13. A third new officer is in line for employment as soon as one of the first two hires completes field training.?We can only handle two at a time to keep the program consistent,? explained chief ...

This is FFA week and holding with tradition at Fairfield High School, FFA members drove their tractors to school. After school, the tractors will parade around the square. Addison Taglauer, standing, drove a circa 1940s homemade tractor that was built at the county yard by his great-grandfather and great-uncle. Taglauer explains how to drive the mini tractor to Justin Godwin who drove a much bigger tractor today.

The Fairfield Police Department arrested Nathaniel Anthony Tallent-Jenkins, 18, 409 W. Hempstead Ave., at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of East Broadway Avenue for disorderly conduct.

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a grass fire at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at 2581 Glasgow Road.