FAIRMONT Friday, May 22 8:13 a.m. — Police assisted the fire department in the 300 block of Downtown Plaza. 9:29 a.m. — Police received an animal complaint in the 300 block of N. Elm Street. 3:54 p.m. — Police received a report of an assault in the 400 block of N. Park Street. An ...
FAIRMONT— Ahead of a busy Memorial Day weekend, and at a time when material and labor costs are rising, volunteers from CHS in Fairmont were able to spend some time trimming at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont on Friday. The cemetery’s manager, Paula Bulfer, estimates that it takes about 65 ...
FAIRMONT – Fairmont Speech Coach Kathleen Walker has been named the 2026 High School Coach of the Year by the National Speech and Debate Association. She was chosen from a pool of coaches from over 4,000 schools across America. For her, the journey started at the same stage her students are ...
FAIRMONT – Nearly 83 years after going missing during Operation Toenails in the Pacific during WWII, Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Ruth was brought home to Jackson on Friday. Ruth enlisted in Minneapolis on Jan. 15, 1941, and worked his way up over the next year and a half, making it to ...
FAIRMONT – On a 2,000-mile journey to spell the word ‘KINDNESS’ out in America, Keynote Speaker and Author Nahla Summers made a stop in Fairmont on Friday. The original inspiration for Summers, a native of England, to devote her life to being a speaker and challenge-taker came after her ...
WELCOME — During the Welcome City Council meeting on Tuesday, Scott Morrow spoke as a former council member about the practice of charging for water availability to property that did not have a building on it when it was sold, and then charging again when the building was made. After the ...