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 The Fairfield Industrial Development Corporation (FIDC) announces that it has concluded a real estate transaction to acquire the Windstream Facilities at 960 East Commerce Street in Fairfield.

 Morgan Prihoda says she was relieved to learn she was valedictorian of the class of 2013.

  With a 5.37 GPA, Anna Marie Oglesbee will graduate as the 2013 salutatorian of Fairfield High School.

 Mayor Roy Hill swore in newly elected councilman Jerry Don Sanders for Place 4 on the council, as well as Linda York, who was re-elected for Place 3, at the Tuesday, May 14 council meeting.

These eight kids won for the Most Fish and 1st catch categories. Participating were: (back row, from left) Game Warden Mike Kleinert and Fairfield Mayor Roy Hill; (middle row, from left) Ben Whitaker, first place for catching the most fish in the 6th-8th grade group and first fish caught; Andrew Tucker, second place for most fish caught in the 3rd-5th grade group; Lex Thompson, third place winner for most fish caught in the 3rd-5th grade group; and Koby Powell, second place in 6th-8th grade group; (front row, from left) Hayden Poe, second place for most fish in the Pre-K-2nd grade group; Keyanna Oatman, third place for most fish in Pre-K-2nd grade; and Rebecca Coker and Izaha Jones, first place for most fish caught in the 3rd-5th grade group.

Photo by April Walker

  A new pay scale proposal for the Freestone County Sheriff’s Office got a look from the commissioners’ court Monday.

The Travis County District Attorney’s office released a list of the individual indictments that county’s grand jury returned March 30 against Freestone County Sheriff Don Anderson and Captain Travis Robertson.

Butler Queen Patricia Colbert and Fairfield King Frank Martin were overjoyed to be crowned as the Overall King and Queen of Freestone County at the Freestone County Senior Services annual senior citizens banquet last week. For more photos and story, see Page 3.

Photo by April Walker

  Additional information will be released in the coming weeks to highlight public programs on the schedule to include...

 Fairfield High School students have won the UIL Academics Spring Meet for 23 out of the past 24 years. The meet was at FHS March 25-27.