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Thomason Cemetery Memorial Day Services

Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City will be hosting the 49th annual Memorial Day Services on May 27th at 2 p.m. The welcome will be given by Sharon White, with the ....

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Thomason Cemetery Memorial Day Services In Wayne City

Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City will be hosting the 49th annual Memorial Day Services on May 27th at 2 p.m. The welcome will be given by Sharon White, with the ....

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Headlined for Monday, May 30th

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 ....

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Headlines for Sunday, May 29th

Multiple reports Saturday indicated that Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith passed away. According to reports, Dreith had been at his cabin Saturday. Dreith had also served as past President of Frontier Community College, and manager of WFIW/WOKZ Radio. Memorial Day Services will be held in Fairfield and Wayne City on Monday. Fairfield's service will be held in the Veterans Section in Maple Hill Cemetery at 11 a.m. Dave Land will emcee, and Robert Taylor will be the featured speaker. Taylor served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. The service will be streamed on wfiwradio.com In case of rain the program will take place in the CP Church sanctuary on West Delaware Street. Wayne City will hold its Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. at Thomason Cemetery. Sharon White will emcee and Lamar Choate will be the features speaker. The Fairfield VFW and American Legion will also be on hand. COVID-19 cases are creeping a little higher in recent days, according to reports from around the area. On Saturday, it ....

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Headlines for Thursday, May 26th

Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith says a report at Tuesday's City Council meeting about Fairfield Police response time to Fairfield Community High School was inaccurate. On May 11th, FCHS went on soft-lockdown due to threat made on social media. Reports at the council meeting indicated FPD took 15 minutes to respond to an emergency call from the school, but police logs indicate officers were on scene in just over two minutes and cleared any alarms with eight minutes. The Wayne City School Board met this week. Members confirmed they will not qualify for a free lunch program next year, and the policy committee said it was working on the final exam schedule and rules to prepare students for the college experience while following new state rules on attendance. Members heard the Scholarship Foundation Dinner raised over $16,000 for scholarships this year; at the time of the meeting, the class of 30 seniors had won more than $390,000 in scholarships, with more coming in. Memorial Day services ....

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