Syracuse, Connecticut retain No. 1 rankings
Men's Basketball Syracuse is still No. 1 in the AP college basketball poll, but it is no longer a unanimous choice. The Orange (25-0), who won two games in the final seconds last week, are on top for...
View ArticleFairfield bowling teams challenge for conference title in Washington
The Fairfield bowling team competed at the Southeast Conference tournament Saturday in Washington. The meet was marred by some technical difficulties with the lanes. Equipment malfunction caused all...
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Fairfield boys outlasted by Ottumwa Bulldogs
The Ottumwa boys’ basketball team left Fairfield Monday night with a weight lifted off their collective shoulders… and a win. “It feels good,” Ottumwa senior center Nic Young said. “It has been...
View ArticlePekin girls advance with double-digit win over Bears
The district playoffs are off to a great start in Packwood. The Pekin girls’ basketball team traveled Saturday to Brooklyn and defeated the B-G-M Bears 55-42 to open postseason play. Beth Atwood was...
View ArticleEuropean Union’s stance forces U.S. executioners to improvise
There’s one big reason the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe won’t allow the drugs to be...
View Article103 Torah scrolls found
Hungarian Jewish leaders say they have found 103 Torah scrolls taken from Hungary during the Holocaust in a Russian library. Rabbi Slomo Koves said Tuesday the sacred texts were discovered in the...
View ArticleNSA surveillance exposes political party divisions
The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans’ phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties that could transform the politics of...
View ArticleRain likely Wednesday night, Thursday
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities said a strong storm system will move over the plains Thursday bringing mainly rain to the outlook area. The latest indications suggest a brief period of...
View ArticlePublic meetings
WEDNESDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, first floor board room, noon (this is a time change since first publication): meet with county sheriff regarding FY15...
View ArticleRUSS reverses action, hikes fees for counties to cover for lost grant
MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) – At the Regional Utility Service Systems meeting earlier this month, the board of directors reversed a previous vote, this time voting to force the counties to each pay an...
View ArticleNegotiations begin for master contract
Fairfield Community Education Association, the teachers’ union, and the school district have opened negotiations for a master contract. The current contract, negotiated two years ago, expires at the...
View Article$10 million bonds could lower tax levy
Fairfield Community School District Superintendent Art Sathoff and business manager Kim Sheets attended an annual budget preparation workshop where they learned the general obligation bonds can pay...
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Butterflies
Jefferson County Fairfield 4-H Clover Kids, from left, Brody Phillips, Olivia Sambothe, volunteer Karen Crossland and Benjamin Bartle make Valentine butterflies during a Clover Kids meeting Thursday...
View ArticleRussia knocked out of Olympic hockey by Finns, 3-1
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The Russians dutifully shook the Finns’ hands and then skated to the center of a rink built to showcase their return to Olympic hockey dominance. When they raised their sticks in...
View ArticleObama in Mexico to meet with North American leaders
President Barack Obama headed into a summit today with Mexican and Canadian leaders eager to engage on issues of trade and other neighbor-to-neighbor interests, even as Congress is pushing back...
View ArticleFire
Fairfield Fire Department responded at 7:37 p.m. Tuesday for a possible structure fire at 507 N. Fourth St. A passerby reported seeing smoke coming from a window. The resident was burning candles,...
View ArticleSheriff
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 8 p.m. Monday about a possible attempt to break-in from a resident on Salina Road. About $500 worth of damage was done to the resident’s garage...
View ArticleFinns give reindeer fluorescent antler makeovers
Rudolph the reindeer is having a glittering antler makeover — the latest attempt to halt some of the thousands of road deaths of the roaming caribou in the wilds of Finland. Anne Ollila of the Finnish...
View ArticleLawmakers advance online voter registration bill
DES MOINES (AP) — Legislation that would allow online voter registration is advancing in the Iowa Senate. The bill received preliminary approval in a Senate subcommittee Wednesday and was set to go to...
View ArticlePolice
Fairfield Police Department log of dispatch calls included the following: Tuesday 12:40 a.m. Joshua Dalbey was arrested on a warrant from Ottumwa. 1:56 p.m. Tinatin Bediashvili, 47, was cited for a...
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