Fairfield News

Jefferson County property owners can expect assessment notices to arrive sometime next week. Jefferson County Assessor Sheri Blough Neff said the new assessments must be mailed out by April 15 and affect property taxes due in July 2012. Her office is sending the notices out a little early to give property owners a window to have questions answered. Blough Neff said assessments of agricultural parcels are ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to fraud reported at 8:29 a.m. Tuesday.

Marie Gorman of Fairfield will celebrate her 101st birthday Friday. Mrs. Gorman was born March 25, 1910, west of Batavia in Wapello County to Jesse and Nellie Loy. She married Charley Gorman on her birthday in 1929. They lived near her parents on a farm in Jefferson County until retirement. The couple was married 67 years until his passing in 1996. Mrs. Gorman has three children, Loy Gorman and wife Helen ...

ASSOCIATE DISTRICT COURT John Leo Streitmatter, 44, 414 S. 14th St., pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine-first offense and was ordered to pay a $315 fine, $10 drug abuse resistance education surcharge and $125 law enforcement initiative surcharge. A 30-day jail sentence was suspended in favor of two years probation. A deferred judgment also was revoked, and Streitmatter was found guilty of third-deg...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Supreme Court seems ready to force courts to take age into consideration when examining whether a child is in custody and must be given Miranda rights.A 13-year-old boy confessed to a rash of break-ins in Chapel Hill, N.C. This happened after he was interviewed by a police investigator in a closed room at his school.The North Carolina Supreme Court refused to throw out his confession, ...

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court: Christopher Charles Greiner, Runnells, careless driving. Patrick David Long, Hedrick, speeding. Joshua Michael Allison, Libertyville, speeding. Ashley Elizabeth Hahesy, Marion, operation of vehicle with expired license. Beverly Ann Molkenthin, Ollie, speeding. Devon D. Eilers, Quincy, Ill., speeding. Stan Robert ...

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a car fire at 8:06 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 34 exit 214. The fire department responded to a problem with an electric heater at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday at 201 E. Buchanan Ave. The fire department responded to a truck fire at 7:37 a.m. today at Brookville Road and Gear Avenue.

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors named Art Sathoff as the district?s next superintendent during a special meeting Monday evening at the ~ Center. Sathoff, who is currently the Fairfield High School principal, was offered a three-year-contract, with a salary of $122,500 for 2011-12, $125,000 for 2012-13 and $127,500 for 2013-14. School board member Margaret Dwyer pointed out the ...