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Fairfield fire staffing approaching crisis due to shortage of part-time firefighters Sue Kiesewetter View Comments FAIRFIELD – A shortage of qualified part-time firefighters is prompting city officials to beef up its career fire department staff at a faster pace than it had planned to. That could mean a fire levy to pay for those firefighters as early as next year even if the city receives the SAFER – Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response – grant it applied for earlier this year. Fire Chief Don Bennett said the city has less than a 50-50 chance of being awarded the grant bec...

‘Our dad was bigger than life’: Former Fairfield police chief dies at 83 Provided Former Fairfield Police Chief Gary Rednour served 36 years years with the Fairfield Police Department, the final 20 as police chief. He died on May 2. He was 83. and last updated 2021-05-04 08:38:12-04 FAIRFIELD, Ohio — The Journal-News reports that Gary Rednour, who served Fairfield for 36 years as a police officer, including the final 20 years as the city’s police chief, has died. He was 83. After his retirement in 1999, he went back to work as a corrections officer with the Butler County S...

Fairfield's new assistant city manager is a familiar face Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. City of Fairfield, Ohio Scott Timmer, who has served as Fairfield's finance director since 2018, has been tapped as Fairfield's next assistant city manager. and last updated 2021-01-22 17:55:56-05 FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Fairfield hired a familiar face as its newest assistant city manager. Scott Timmer, who has worked in Fairfield's finance department since 2016, was selected for the job, acting city manage...

  WINDSOR, ONT -- The mild weather this January is helping keep capacity concerns down at the Downtown Mission where hundreds of people pass through each day. Since winter began, officials there say they've been able to accommodate those less fortunate. However, concerns are growing about daytime needs, with the new stay at home orders in effect at night. “When you’re surviving on the street, the pandemic becomes less urgent to you. You know? Surviving today is more important than not catching Covid tomorrow. And I can’t be any blunter than that. It’s probably not how people wan...

93 Views   First published on thecricketer.com JEREMY BLACKMORE: Befitting a man who has spent his career breaking down barriers to inclusion, Butcher did not hesitate when Ebony Rainford-Brent asked him to become one of the first honorary patrons of the ACE Programme Forty years on from his landmark Test debut as the first black cricketer to play for England, Roland Butcher still sees challenges preventing players from breaking through in the game. After a year defined by the Black Lives Matter movement almost as much as the pandemic, the anniversary of Butcher’s first cap has been one t...