The Edwards County Memorial Post #8222 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, along with the Albion American Legion Post #590, will conduct their annual memorial
Seven-year-old Ruby Franklin was waving the small American flag she won Saturday afternoon by playing one of the games offered to children by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on
Fairfield's Memorial Day service is set for this Monday, Memorial Day at 11 a.m. at Maple Hill Cemetery. The guest speaker will be Dale Bartley who served in
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