BEDFORD - A warrant was issued for the arrest of a Bedford man on an intimidation charge after Lawrence County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to a call in the 20 block of Locust Road. Douglas Prather According to Lawrence County Sheriff's Department Deputy James, who arrived a .
Alderman Tyler Lampley has announced that all flags in the city are to be flown at half-staff until further notice in honor of the passing of Fairfield Mayor Dr. Mike Dreith. Dr. Michael L. Dreith, age 65, of Fairfield, died Saturday, May 28th. According to the Wayne County Coroner's office, local responders were dispatched to a rural Wayne County location Saturday afternoon. Dr. Dreith was transported by ambulance to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Dr. Dreith's manner of death was ruled due to natural causes. Memorial Day services have been set in Fairfield at the Veterans Section in Maple Hill Cemetery. Dave Land will emcee, and Robert Taylor will be the featured speaker. Taylor attended grade school in Mt. Erie and high school in Cisne, has been a pastor at the Mt. Erie Church of the Nazarene for the past seven years, and served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Wayne City will hold Memorial Day services today at 2 at Thomason Cemetery. Sharon Whit
Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith says a report at Tuesday's City Council meeting about Fairfield Police response time to Fairfield Community High School was inaccurate. On May 11th, FCHS went on soft-lockdown due to threat made on social media. Reports at the council meeting indicated FPD took 15 minutes to respond to an emergency call from the school, but police logs indicate officers were on scene in just over two minutes and cleared any alarms with eight minutes. The Wayne City School Board met this week. Members confirmed they will not qualify for a free lunch program next year, and the policy committee said it was working on the final exam schedule and rules to prepare students for the college experience while following new state rules on attendance. Members heard the Scholarship Foundation Dinner raised over $16,000 for scholarships this year; at the time of the meeting, the class of 30 seniors had won more than $390,000 in scholarships, with more coming in. Memorial Day services