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The newest dispatcher at Jefferson County Law Center, Shannon Price, was hired in December, trained on the job and has been working her own rotating shifts after the first nine weeks.Dispatchers, the people who answer 9-1-1 emergency calls, work 12-hour shifts in Jefferson County.As the newest hire, Price fills in among the other shifts, sometimes working 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. or 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.?It doesn?t matter ...

The Fairfield Community School District will change the way it orders food in school year 2013-14 as well as change the consequences for student lunch accounts that have a negative balance, beginning next month.The school board approved Auxiliary Services Director Fred McElwee?s recommendation for Fairfield schools to be part of a food-purchasing cooperative with Cardinal, Davis County and Van Buren schools at ...

Firefighter gear and suits will need a lot of drying time after 17 Fairfield firefighters battled a blaze at Immanuel Lutheran Church throughout the stormy night, from 11:23 p.m. Wednesday to just before 5 a.m. today. The Fairfield Police Department log noted receiving several calls about the fire Wednesday night.

The first witness for the defense in the murder trial of Tyler Webster in Jefferson County was an ex-wife of Buddy Frisbie, who was killed Aug. 25, shot by Webster.Carissa Godwin testified Thursday morning, but before she or the jury entered the courtroom after a morning recess, the Honorable Myron Gookin denied the defense and sided with the state about limiting the extent of her testimony.?Mr. Adams [defense ...

The first-degree murder trial of Tyler Webster, 33, of Fairfield began today with opening statements from the prosecution and defense attorneys.The jury heard testimony from the state?s first witness, Shelby Hall, 22, of Sparta, Mo., who had been the girlfriend of Buddy Lee Frisbie, 32, when Frisbie was shot and killed Aug. 25 in Jefferson County.Hall told of meeting Frisbie the first week of July. She was ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved Sofair Farms, a minor subdivision of the 20-acre tract at 2379 Mint Blvd., today, after reviewing a plan presented by owner Tom Greene.?I?m proposing four lots, with two lots along Mint Boulevard,? said Greene. ?It will be part of a teaching facility for organic farming.?Greene said he was in the process of renovating the older farmhouse on the property.Supervisor ...

A new exhibit at the Carnegie Historical Museum intersects a local family and a soldier who served in the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the American Civil War.Barbara Kennedy Kistler of Fairfield knew about a diary handed down through the family that was carried by an ancestor in the war.She became curious to transcribe that diary in 2006, and launched into the daily life ? from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1863 ? of ...

April is said to bring showers ? it is also high school prom season.Pekin High School?s 2012 prom was memorable for storms with high winds that sent everyone to the school?s basement at 9:45 p.m. for an hour. A power outage canceled the rest of the evening?s activities, and some were made up later in the week.This year, Pekin junior students are planning a memorable prom based on activities for the evening of ...

Jefferson County?s public health staff invites the community to an open house from 2-4 p.m. Thursday in recognition of Public Health Week.The office, at the corner of Briggs Avenue and Second Street, shares a building with Fairfield?s fire station.?We?re having an open house during Public Health Week to help the community be more aware of our services,? said Chris Estle, administrator.?Public health is part of ...

Jefferson County property assessment notices will be in the mail this weekend, and county assessor Sheri Blough urges residents to review their assessments and contact her office as soon as possible with any questions.?This is a statewide re-evaluation year,? said Blough. ?Every other year, the odd numbered years, are re-evaluation years.?We walked all the [county] towns in the last year and a half and knocked ...