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First-year Fairfield head girls? basketball coach Mick Flattery invited Dan Breen to speak at his inaugural camp Thursday morning.Breen led the Fairfield program to a state championship in 1983.?Mick asked me to come in and build some of the confidence. It was a bit of a history lesson about what their mothers and aunts did in the past, and I hope it got them to thinking about what they should expect of ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSidewalk program?Mt. Pleasant City Council members adopted a $22.04M city budget Wednesday but not before Councilman Tim Gray told his peers that he hopes to see more money for sidewalk repair in future budgets.City leaders kept the 2016 property tax levy at $12.18 per $1,000 taxable valuation.?I find it disturbing that we only put $5,000 to $7,000 a year in sidewalks (in ...

Pictured is the Fairfield 11-12 year old orange all-star team, from left to right, front row: Trae Van Tasell, Aaron Haines, Jacob Morgan, Orion Reilly, Dallas Peebler; middle row: Dylan Abbot, Logan Stark, Walker Allen, Charles Heisel, Clayton Morrison, Spencer Else; back row: Chuck Heisel (manager), Ron Haines (coach). Fairfield will be hosting a tournament this weekend at the Little League complex featuring as ...

Pictured is the Je-Wa-Ke 9-10-year-old all-star team, from left to right, front row: Sam Greiner, Savahnna White, Faith Goudy, Olivia Munkirs, Erika Ash, Jamie White; middle row: Paige Thompson, Maddi Cloke, Kylie Davis, Bailee Lybarger, Maddie Schewenke, MacKenze Roberts; back row: coach Kenny Rupe, manager Allan Thompson, coach Josh Goudy; not pictured: Kennedy Coleman. The team consisting of players from ...

The Fairfield baseball team handed out its season-ending awards Tuesday night.Pictured, freshmen Mason Ellis and Joseph Hietpas were both given Rookie of the Year honors. Derek Fishel was given the Tommy Trojan award and Brent Buch was named the Deserve to Win Captain. All-SEC teams announcedCorbin Harwood was named to the first-team All-SEC squad after posting team highs in batting average (.366) and ...

The Fairfield Elks Lodge hosted the 2011 Junior Golf Tournament at Walton Club Tuesday morning.Six golfers participated in the free event and the top finishers in each age division qualified for the state tournament scheduled for Aug. 5 at Perry Golf and Country Club.Davis Lowenberg led all golfers with a round of 72 in the 16-17 age group. Nick Higgins was the 12-13-year old winner with an 82, and Michael ...

Now it?s NFL owners who are in place to vote to end the four-month lockout.The players passed on any vote Wednesday, even though representatives of each of the 32 teams and the NFL Players Association?s executive committee were in Washington for that purpose. A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press there was agreement among those players on what items needed to be resolved before any ...

The Je-Wa-Ke 9-10-year-old Little League baseball all stars were eliminated from the post-season district pool play tournament Wednesday night. Team players came from the Pekin and Sigourney school district areas. Team members include, from left ro right, front row: Nate Heckart, Cameron Millikin, Trey Albert, Carson Crawford, Dustin Haines, Keaton Dillon; middle row: Noah Stone, Nick Good, Caleb Comstock, Aden ...