The Fairfield Public School District #112 along with Jasper, New Hope, and Geff School Districts are conducting Child Find/Preschool Screenings for 3 to 5-year-old children not yet enrolled in public schools. These will be the last screenings held at the school prior to the start of the 2023-2024 school year. The screening checks each child's progress in hearing, vision, speech, language, and coordination skills. This will give parents a better idea of how their child is progressing at this very young age before he/she begins school. This screening program is free and parents will receive immediate feedback on how their child is developing. Head Start and Family Enrichment personnel may also be present to explain their program and services. The preschool screenings will be held at North Side School on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2023. The screening procedure takes about 45 minutes and appointments must be made. Parents should call 842-6501 to make an ap
Petitions for the Consolidated Election to be held on April 4, 2023, for the election of Mayor (two-year term), First Ward Alderman, Second Ward Alderman, Third Ward Alderman, and Fourth Ward Alderman will be available in the office of City Clerk Tina Hutchcraft beginning Tuesday, September 20. Office hours are 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. A Mayor will be elected for a two-year term to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Dreith and one alderman from each of the City's four wards will be elected for a four-year term. Petition circulation begins September 20, 2022. Filing period for those petitions is December 12 – December 19, 2022. For more information call 847-7396. The Fairfield Fall Fun Fest continues through Sunday. Today's events include Gruen Vocal Studio on the Main Stage at 5:30pm, Sponsored by Carter Turf & Tractor. At 7pm on the Main Stage is 7 Bridges – Eagles Ultimate Experience, Sponsored by Fairfield Memorial Hospital. To see a full
The Fairfield Fall Fun fest continues through Sunday. Today is the Fairfield National Bank 5k run/walk. Registration is at 4:30 on the corner of Court and 4th
The Fairfield Fall Fun Fest kicks off tonight with the Roasted Chestnuts, sponsored by the Wayne County Press, on the main stage at 6pm. At 7 it's Church Night Gospel Music, sponsored by Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home. Tomorrow is the FNB 5k run/walk, registration is at 4:30 on the corner of Court and 4th streets, the run/walk will start at 6pm, also on tomorrow is the Fun Fest Prince and Princess Contest at 5:30 on the main stage, sponsored by Fairfield Banking Company, and Miss Fall Fun Fest starts at 8pm on the main stage. Miss Fall Fun Fest is co-sponsored by The Chop Shop and Fry's Excavating. A reminder to the public that Main Street (IL HWY 15) will be closed through Sunday morning (9/18). The closed portion of Main Street is from First Street, east to NE 4th Street, including the 100 blocks of NE/SE 2nd Streets and NE/SE 3rd Streets (FNB drive thru will be accessible from SE 3rd Street during daytime). The Illinois Department of Transportation has designated the deto
The Fairfield City Council will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in City Hall, with a Public Hearing to rezone properties to be held prior to the regular meeting at 5:50 p.m. Items in Routine Business include an ordinance to rezone hospital owned property from an R-2 Zone to a P Zone, an ordinance to rezone city owned property from an R-3 Zone to P Zone, a street closing request for FCHS Homecoming, and a resolution for an appointment to the Police Pension Fund. Other items on the agenda are an ordinance for the transfer of property between the Park District & the City, TIF Redevelopment Agreement for the Water Tower Project, TIF Redevelopment Agreement with Ginger Ale's, and an ordinance authorizing modification of the city's agreement with Sunrise Sanitation. Two people were formally charged in Wayne County Court on Monday in connection to a joint operation with Wayne City Police that we reported on last week. 43-year-old Paxton D. Bruce of Wayne City was formally charged with Cl