Fairfield Upward Sports will be holding Registration and Evaluations for the Upward Basketball and Cheer Season for boys and girls enrolled in kindergarten through 6th grade. Evaluations will be held at Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, January 4th and Thursday, January 5th, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Registration forms can be completed prior to the mandatory evaluation. The Upward season will kick off with practices the week of January 29th. The first game day is February 11th and the season will conclude March 11th. Registration fee for the Upward Season is $40. Basketball players have the option to add shorts for an additional $12.00. The Edwards County School Board met in regular session on Monday and heard from Lisa Glover of the sports booster club. Glover would like to implement different levels of support for the sports programs in the schools. The board appointed Lora Holder as DCFS Liaison, and heard that the cafeteria program is in the red by 36-thousand dol
Notice has been given that a lottery to determine ballot placement for the Consolidated Election to be held April 4, 2023 will be conducted on Wednesday, December 21 at 9:00 a.m. This lottery will be held for 2nd Ward Aldermen candidates who filed simultaneously at City Hall at 7:00 a.m. Monday, December 12th. The lottery will be conducted in the office of City Clerk Tina Hutchcraft, Local Election Official for the City of Fairfield. The Albion Area Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for their Business of the Year, Person of the Year and Non-Profit of the Year. Nominations are open to anyone living or headquartering their business in Edwards County and are due back to the Chamber by December 31st. Nomination forms can be picked up from The Watering Can, Fifteen West. Bailey's Bistro and from Averi at Citizens National Bank. You can also request a form. Reach us on our Facebook page, Albion Area Chamber of Commerce for any questions. Wayne County Sheriffs responded to an acc
Fairfield Memorial Hospital is hosting a public blood drive today, from 10:30am-3:30pm, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital's Educational Annex Building located at 203 NW 10th Street. You can still register online at redcrossblood.org using sponsor code: Fairfield Memorial, or by contacting Shauna Williams at 847-8242. The Tax Increment Financing Committee of the City Council of Fairfield have announced that the meeting originally scheduled for today has been postponed. The committee will next meet on Wednesday, August 31 at 5:15pm at City Hall. Fairfield Community High School District #225 will hold their Regular Meeting tomorrow, Thursday, August 18, at 6pm in the FCHS Study Hall. Items among new business include a motion to approve the tentative FY23 budget for 30-day review, motion to approve the 22-23 Consolidated District Plan, and approval of installment of new Door 17 for security purposes. The board will also enter executive session for the purpose of considering the hiring of