Fairfield News

The annual kickoff parade for the 2009 Greater Jefferson County Fair will step off at 6:30 p.m. today from the Fairfield High School parking lot.Parade coordinator Denny Thomes said the parade route from the high school will be west on BROADWAY Avenue past Central Park, then north on Main Street and east on Briggs Avenue past the Jefferson County Courthouse and back to the school.The parade does not end at the

The Fairfield Community School Board of Directors approved a wage scale and 2009-2010 wages for support staff during a special meeting Monday evening.The support staff will be receiving a 5.21 percent pay raise.The new support staff wage scale is the first scale the district has had for its food service, custodians, maintenance, mechanics, secretaries, associates, bus drivers and substitutes.?This shows where

morning by the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities is in effect until 9 p.m.A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures and high humidity, which can lead to possible heat illnesses, is expected.The weather service advised people to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors, especially the elderly.The hot temperature is

Plans for an American Bicycle Association-sanctioned BMX racing track have gone by the wayside.The Fairfield City Council accepted Clayton Sander?s request to withdraw from his property lease during Monday?s meeting.After three years of dedicating a significant amount of time and money to building the hills and smoothing the track at O.B. Nelson Park, Sanders requested to terminate his lease due to health reasons

The Jefferson County Fair Queen Contest has come a long way from the days when contestants modeled formal wear and answered a question about world peace. Now, judges are looking for the beauty within.Over the last eight years, fair queen contest organizers Kortney Heald and her daughters, Cynthia Post and Bethany Heald, have worked with the Jefferson County Fair Board to implement changes in the way the fair queen

The Jefferson County Road Department took steps Wednesday to increase safety at the Libertyville Road and Highway 1 intersection.Jefferson County Supervisor Dick Reed and Jefferson County Engineer Tom Goff met with representatives of Fairfield and the Department of Transportation Monday afternoon to discuss the potentially hazardous situation at the intersection. Increased traffic from the new hospital and Highway

After several months of delay, U.S. Cellular?s controversial 85-foot cell phone tower has been erected at the originally proposed site.A statement released by U.S. Cellular explains the company was unable to find a viable alternative location and, therefore, chose to proceed with construction at 509 W. Depot Ave. A permit to construct the tower in the general manufacturing district had been obtained from the city in

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors is planning to accept the high school study committee?s recommendation during its upcoming meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Administration/Curriculum/Technology Center.The majority of board members present at a work session Thursday evening agreed accepting the committee?s recommendation for a ?remodel and add-on? phased construction project for Fairfield

Upon dismissal of students from Lincoln Elementary School for the final time of the 2008-09 school year Thursday, kindergartner Hayley Spanier wailed, ?I don't want to leave!? as her aunt, Shelbie Ollom tried to comfort her.For this photo, see the Friday, June 5, 2009, Fairfield Ledger.

Norris Asphalt Paving, in an effort to assist with the 1st Fridays Art Walk festivities this evening, were able to complete the HMA overlay of the west bound lanes Thursday in front of Central Park.Today, the crews are working to complete the east bound lanes of traffic and plan to be out of the area by early afternoon.For this article, see the Friday, June 5, 2009, Fairfield Ledger.

Inspired by the work of Lynne Twist as an author, speaker and global activist, Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy will present his first humanitarian of the year award Tuesday.The public is invited to an award ceremony, featuring an inspirational talk by Twist, from 7:45-9:30 p.m. at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.Malloy said he decided to create the award after speaking of Twist with her local

Maverick Kerr was on the receiving end of a ?kiss? from the little black lamb that visited his class at Community Childcare this morning. The lamb was one of triplets born April 10 to a ewe who did not survive the births, leaving the orphans to be bottle fed. Maverick, who seemed to be a favorite of the visitor, later got to hold the bottle as the lamb ate.For this photo, see the Wednesday, May 27, 2009, Fairfield