Obituaries

Everyone Osama bin Laden ever wrote to, spoke to or even mentioned in the volumes of correspondence seized from his Pakistan hideout is under new scrutiny, U.S. officials say.Surveillance has been stepped up on possible terrorist targets around the world, as intelligence experts near the end of decrypting and translating material seized from the bin Laden compound.The trove of material has helped fill in ...

MAGISTRATE COURTMarla Jean Knowles, 53, 205 E. Buchanan Ave., No. 84, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $65.

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

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 ...

From the wilds of Alaska, with a stop in Branson, Mo., the RedHead Express arrives at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts for a night of fun and high energy. Their performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and is sponsored by the Fairfield Concert Association as part of its current season. The RedHead Express features a wide variety of original songs, bluegrass, traditional, Irish, country, ...

Trae Van Tasell of Fairfield Middle School, right, plays a drowning victim with physical education teacher Nancy Diers this morning at Roosevelt Aquatic Center. During the exercise, it was Diers? job to escape the student?s hold so she could attempt a safe rescue. Others in the class practiced the defense mechanism, once as the drowning victim and again as the rescuer.For this photo, see the Tuesday, March 15, 2011,

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Fairfield Economic Development Association committee searching for the groups? next leader has hired a firm to aid in the process.FEDA president Pat Doyle said the committee hired Ploeger Recruiting Services of Burlington after hearing the firm?s presentation during a meeting Monday.?This is the same company used when we hired Brent [Willett, the current chamber and FEDA

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A filmmaker shooting a documentary about the treatment of Arabs in the U.S. claims he was attacked and called racial epithets after he wandered uninvited into an Iowa house party, and police are treating the case as a hate crime after officers found him with a bloody face.Usama Alshaibi said Monday he was repeatedly punched and kicked by four men after he arrived at the party early Sunday in

The final draft of Fairfield?s 2011-12 fiscal year budget will include a 2 percent pay increase for city employees. The Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee now sends the budget to a Feb. 28 public hearing and a March 14 city council approval date.The committee had been considering a 3 percent pay raise to help offset a 6.46 percent increase in employee health insurance costs and last year?s pay freeze.?E

Local organizations put in requests for more than twice the money available in Fairfield?s 2011-2012 Local Option Sales Tax community betterment fund.The Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee trimmed the $128,000 wish list to $50,625 during a meeting Thursday night. Sixteen groups are slated to receive funds, though the list is unofficial until the budget is certified by the full council in March.As in