LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in southwest Fairfield County Monday. A 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, driven by a 59-year-old Newark man, was traveling west on U.S. Route 22 at approximately 3:37 p.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. At the same time, a 2005 Honda VTX motorcycle driven […]
Fairfield County real estate transactions for May 27 to June 7. First name indicates the seller of the property; second name represents the buyer Amanda Bloom Township 686 Betz Road NW; Wirtz William J; Johnson Joshua P; 5/30/2024; $575,000 8445 Ohio Wesleyan Court NW; Stubbs Gary A; Breese Benjamin; 5/30/2024; $440,000 650 Heidelberg Court NW; […]
Jun. 16—Harbin Park’s multi-million-dollar facelift is more than halfway complete as it transitions from just another large park in southwest Ohio to what a Fairfield official called a true destination. By the beginning of August, Phase 3 of the four-phase renovation of the almost 200-acre park in southern Fairfield should be nearly complete. This includes […]
Jun. 13—In a few years, it will be safer to walk along more of the Pleasant Avenue corridor in Fairfield. City Council gave the OK for the city manager to contract with Choice One Engineering to design what’s being called the Pleasant Avenue multi-use trail, a connection of nearly 1.3 miles from Wessel Drive to […]
Jun. 11—By the fall, Fairfield expects to have four locations for the public to charge electric vehicles, and officials said hopefully more soon. Even more are expected to be installed in Hamilton. Fairfield’s stations will be installed at no cost to the city ― all of the funding comes from OKI’s Carbon Reduction Grant program […]
Jun. 7—The Fairfield City Schools board voted to restore busing services to thousands of students for the upcoming school year after the five-year budget projection improved. But all other previous cuts approved by the board, including a reduction in a dozen teaching positions, will remain. District Treasurer Nancy Lane outlined Thursday evening some of the […]
Jun. 4—The longtime traffic bottleneck on South Gilmore Road is now being addressed, but it will take several months for the wider roadway to be a reality. The project that started Monday will include a 30-day closure of the stretch between Resor and Mack roads. “The widening of South Gilmore Road to allow for two […]
FAIRFIELD – A long-awaited project that will widen South Gilmore Road between Mack and Resor roads begins Monday, June 3. It is one of two projects that may cause traffic woes for several months for those traveling in the area with road closings accompanying the construction. The second project replaces the deck and repairs beams […]
Jun. 1—Fairfield City Council enacted a nine-month moratorium against allowing adult-use cannabis license holders from opening within the city, but that could change. As rules surrounding the legalization of adult-use cannabis, often referred to as recreational marijuana, are finalized and updated, communities that had put a ban or moratorium on allowing related businesses to operate […]
A Centerville man has been charged in Fairfield County with trafficking methamphetamine, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said. William “Will” C. Dinkins, 33, has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The arrest came after a drug search was conducted at a house […]
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP — The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred on Friday, May 24 on Pleasantville Road. According to Sheriff Alex Lape, deputies were dispatched to 8210 Pleasantville Road on a call of a male lying on the floor who was not breathing. Upon arrival of the deputies, it was determined […]
(KRON) — A local Fairfield business was shut down by the Fairfield Police Department on Friday. After a six-month-long investigation, police concluded that The Field Gift Shop on West Texas Street and Pennsylvania Street allegedly opened its business with misleading information, police said. Despite being advertised as a local gift shop, three search warrants yielded […]