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Illinois could soon become the first state in the nation to enact legislation that would punish libraries that ban books. With that news coming down last week, we reached out to Michelle Conard with the Fairfield Public Library on the matter.Under the new law, books that are partisan and or doctrinal in nature are not allowed to be banned or libraries could lose out on grant funding. Conard says that the Fairfield Public Lbrary does not practice banning of books based on partisan or doctrinal reasons. The state Senate approved a measure last week that would allow the Illinois secretary of stat...

Wayne County Treasurer Donna Masterson reports that over 71% of Wayne County Property Taxes have been now collected. The total amount collected to date is $14,159,379.95. Total taxes due for collection equal $20,055,049.66. The second tax due date is scheduled for December 9th, with Certified Letters to be sent on January 6, 2023. The annual Tax Sale will be held on February 8, 2023, with the Sealed Bid Auction to be held on December 16, 2023. Friends of the Fairfield Public Library will conduct their semi-annual bake sale today from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the library on the corner at 300 SE ...

Brodey Murbarger, 26, was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday after the jury deliberated for only an hour. Murbarger was accused in the 2014 disappearance and killing of 15-year-old Megan Nichols. FBI investigator William O'Sullivan testified Wednesday about the more than 7,000 text messages exchanged between Murbarger and Nichols between December 2013 and February 2014. O'Sullivan said the messages at first were romantic and sexual in nature and included several references to the couple planning a runaway in mid-2014. O'Sullivan says that in February 2014 the messag...

Jury deliberation is tentatively expected to begin later today, as Testimony is wrapping up at the Wayne County Courthouse in the first-degree murder trial of Brodey I. Murbarger. Murbarger, 26, is accused of the disappearance and murder of 15-year-old Megan Nichols of Faifield on July 3, 2014. Murbarger was arrested on October 8th of 2020 in Evansville, IN after being indicted by a Wayne County Grand Jury. The State moved to dismiss one of the charges against Murbarger as the trial got underway. The Class-3 felony charge of concealment of a homicidal death was dismissed without prejudice and ...

The Fairfield City Council will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:00pm at city hall, with a public hearing to take place prior to the meeting at 5:50pm. The public hearing is in regard to rezoning property at 1010 West Court & 110 NW 11th streets and bid opening for sale of city owned property. In routine business the council will discuss an ordinance for the sale of city owned property, for the auxiliary police building, and ordinance to rezone property from an R-2 to a B-3 Zone, ordinance for a TIF Agreement with B-Way Design & Decorating LLC, and an ordinance on...