Sports

Fairfield?s ninth-grade boys? basketball team is pictured, from left, front row: Brody Malone, Jordan Reid, Nathan Davidson, Alex Crile, Tristan Ledger, Drew Stever, Shae McCabe; middle row: Nick Higgins, Trevor Drish, Zach Martin, Nathan Thompson, Cody Mathis, coach Bud Blakely; back row: managers Jennifer Clements, Sabryna Gilmore and Ashley Shields.

The Henry County Heritage Tour of Homes on Saturday featured tours of four Mt. Pleasant homes including the Sargent House on North Main Street, the Ambler House on North Broadway, the Brazelton House on North Main Street, and the Putman House, on East Monroe. Shown in the photo is the dining room of the Putman House, which featured a stained glass window in the center of the room?s far wall.

Officers from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department were summoned April 8 to the intersection of North Main and Mill streets for a report of a two-vehicle accident.It was determined that while a 2009 Toyota Highlander, owned and operated by Thuy (Tina) Pham, of Mt. Pleasant, was stopped at the stop sign facing east on Mill Street at the intersection, a school stop sign also was in the middle of the intersection.A ...

Dr. Duke Pesta, an expert on Common Core, spoke with locals on Saturday afternoon about the dangers of Common Core.

ALBIA ? Nearly every girl on the Fairfield JV basketball team had a hand in a 62-20 blowout win over Albia Tuesday.Fairfield freshman Mackenzie Flattery led the way with 17 points, and eight other girls scored at least two points as Fairfield dominated from start to finish.Delaney Neil scored nine points and Taylor Ferrel had eight points and eight steals. Addison Thornton and Alyssa Fitch scored six points ...

ALBIA ? The Fairfield girls found themselves in a double-digit deficit early, but late-game heroics lifted them past Albia for a 47-45 road victory Tuesday.Trailing 17-6 following the first quarter, Fairfield whittled away at the deficit to come within 26-22 at halftime. Then, a 14-4 run in the third quarter handed the Trojans their first lead of the evening ? one they would never relinquish.?Albia came out on ...

ALBIA ? The Fairfield boys? basketball team was handed its third straight loss to open the season Tuesday, falling 57-48 to Albia.Fairfield fell behind 21-9 after the first quarter and scored just eight points in the second period to trail 31-17 at halftime.?We didn?t play a good first half. We gave up a lot of good second chance opportunities, we were only 3 of 12 from the free throw line, so a combination of ...

There were times when Collin Klein?s mother couldn?t help but worry, when she would watch her son take a snap from center, dodge a couple of defenders and then take off at a gallop.The play would usually end up with Kansas State?s quarterback taking a big hit, the kind that caused Kelly Klein to gasp. The kid would invariably drag himself off the turf, blood usually seeping from his elbows. He would adjust his ...