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The Fairfield PSD #112 Regular Board of Education meeting will be held tonight at 6:00 pm at Center Street School Board Room, here are some of the items on the agenda: Public Hearing of FY23 Budget, Approval of Minutes regular and closed session minutes of August 15th and special open session minutes of August 25th, Financial Reports, Treasurer's Report, Payroll and Monthly Bills, Action Items, Act on Employment of Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, Act on re-hiring long term substitures, an...

The St. Louis Cardinals lost their number one fan Monday. Jane Bryden Gilliland, America's Granny, died February 21, 2022, at the age of 99. She was born May 14, 1922, to Sam and Frances (McCommons) Bryden in Flora, IL. In 1925, Jane and her family moved into a house her father built—and she lived there until the day she died. She spent her life in the town she loved, graduating from Harter Township High School in 1940, and working as a secretary at Snyder Insurance Agency. On October 19,...