MAGISTRATE COURTDavid Brian Tanner, 67, 402 W. Hempstead Ave., No. 3, pleaded guilty to trespassing and was fined $65. ASSOCIATE DISTRICT COURTJeremy Wayne Kaska, 32, of Brighton was found in contempt of court for a probation violation and was sentenced to 20 days in jail.Donald Lee Jennings IV, 22, of Stockport, pleaded guilty to second-offense public intoxication. A 30-day jail sentence was ...
The city was in a predicament. By the late 1800s, the slow-moving Chicago River had become a cesspool of sewage and factory pollution oozing into Lake Michigan, the source of drinking water for the bustling metropolis.The waterway had grown so putrid that it raised fears of a disease outbreak and concerns about hurting development. So in a first-of-its-kind feat, engineers reversed the river by digging a ...
It?s a microcosm of the budget battling that has consumed Congress all year: The Obama administration wants federal agencies to save money while Republicans push for additional savings to take a substantial bite out of the government?s towering pile of IOUs.White House budget chief Jacob Lew has ordered agency heads to submit spending plans for the upcoming budget at least 5 percent below this year?s levels. ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 5:56 a.m. Thursday on Highway 34. According to the accident report, a 2000 International truck driven by Richard K. Chockley of Plymouth, Ill., was eastbound when it struck an unknown object, possibly a deer. Estimated damages are $1,500 to the truck.
The Fairfield Municipal Pool is going to the dogs ? literally!Dogs and their owners will be able to swim and play from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday in the fenced-in outdoor pool at O.B. Nelson Park before the pool is drained for the season.Derik Wulfekuhle, director of the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, said the event is hosted by and is a fundraiser for the Fairfield Dog Park Committee?s proposed off-leash ...
LIBERTYVILLE ? A machine shed in rural Libertyville was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.The Libertyville Fire Department was called to 1465 250th St., the property of Tim Warner, shortly after 11 p.m.?It was a pretty nasty fire,? said Gerrad Goodrich, assistant chief of the Libertyville Fire Department.Goodrich said the building?s roof caved in about 20 minutes after the firefighters arrived, and the ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Dennis E. Johnston, Grande Pointe, Manitoba, Canada, speeding.Stanley Edward Lehman, Lincoln, Neb., speeding.Barbara L. Rheinecker, St. Louis, Mo., speeding.Brandon Michael Coleman, Batavia, speeding, maximum gross weight violation.Neysa Nicole Baker, 304 South C St., failure to wear a seat belt.Jennifer L. Schlemmer, ...
Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it?s only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to behave like a human brain is technological and physiological, testing the limits of computer and brain science. But researchers from IBM ...
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the ?vast unknown.? A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can?t remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq.But he can?t yet accept a civilian job because he doesn?t know when the military will discharge him. He has no clue how much the government will pay him in disability compensation related to his injury, so he ...
When word reached Camp Lawton that the enemy army of Gen. William T. Sherman was approaching, the prison camp?s Confederate officers rounded up their thousands of Union army POWs for a swift evacuation ? leaving behind rings, buckles, coins and other keepsakes that would remain undisturbed for nearly 150 years.Archaeologists are still discovering unusual, and sometimes stunningly personal, artifacts a year ...
City removing political signsThe city of Fairfield is removing the political signs popping up all over town.Tom Baker, the city?s code enforcer, said the signs are being removed for two reasons. ?The first is that most are being placed on city/state right of way, which is illegal,? Baker said. ?And the second is that the Iowa code forbids any political signs to be displayed before 45 days before an election ...
Kassia Honeycutt of Fairfield finds a comfortable place for some lunch-hour reading on North Main Street in downtown Fairfield today. The Fairfield weather forecast shows a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and Friday.
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Main Street and Fillmore Avenue. According to the accident report, a 2001 Ford truck driven by Jonathan Anderson, 16, 405 E. Fillmore Ave., stopped eastbound and then proceeded into the intersection into the path of a northbound 2000 Mazda driven by Eric Schroder, 23, of Rock Island, Ill. Anderson said he did not ...
The trophy case by the front entrance is nearly empty. Classroom walls are largely bare, and unopened boxes of textbooks, computer monitors and other equipment remain scattered throughout the building.Signs of unfinished business remain at what is now Joplin High?s upper-level campus ? a converted big-box retail store at the city?s mall, well outside the worst-hit areas from a late May tornado that killed 160 ...
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