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The Fairfield History Club plans more children’s activities for its 44th Annual Queen of the Trinity Star Pilgrimage.
The Pilgrimage will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Moody-Bradley House.
Lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
This year’s Pilgrimage will feature face painting, a train, cupcake walk

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After buying the former Dahlia’s restaurant Jan. 21, Nelson Pachardo made huge strides in renovating the building.
“If I want to make it work, I have to make it better than ever before,” said Pachardo.
Looking around, it’s easy to see the pride he takes in his work.
The walls are painstakingly painted and tiled

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While there are discussions about a balance-sheet restructuring of Energy Future Holdings (EFH) and its subsidiary, Luminant, there are no plans to close plants or lay off employees, an EFH spokesperson said Tuesday.
“No decisions have been made and the board

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Brazen thieves stole a Caterpillar road grader off a work site northwest of Fairfield last week – and apparently tried to take another road construction machine, Freestone County Sheriff’s Department reports show.
The $45,000 road grader belonged to TxDOT and was parked in a muddy area so the tracks could be followed

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Online identity theft cases continue to plague Freestone County residents.
There have been seven more identity theft complaints filed since the Freestone County Sheriff’s Department reported eight on Feb. 25, said investigator Sgt. Jeremy Shipley.
The sheriff’s department continues

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If Andy Emmons’ first art class last week is any indication, his idea to give his students step-by-step lessons in painting looks promising.
His first class attracted 16 people in a relaxed setting in an unused part of the Parker Building that was redone for Emmons art class.
Emmons designed this course to work for people with all ranges

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Each year, Fairfield eighth graders choose Holocaust victims as a research project for their English class using www.graceproducts.com.
That website gives students biographies of children from the Holocaust - some lived, most did not.
This year, Matt Zeidler went a step further after discovering his Holocaust child was still alive.
Zeidler contacted 87-year-old Magda Herzberger who is

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The dastardly Easter Egg Bandit’s crime wave came to a just end when she was apprehended by the Easter bunny and Fairfield Police Officer David Utsey. All Easter Eggs were recovered just in time for the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce’s Eggstravaganza from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19 on the square.  

Photo by MaLinda Reddell

A bomb-detection canine brought in from Bryan searched through the Freestone County Courthouse, annexes and jail April 9 and found no explosive device.
The multi-building search by the German Shepard, his handler, Sheriff Donnie Anderson and DPS Trooper Damian Conner  defused an

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Nine-year-old cancer survivor Colton Harvell throws out the first pitch of the Fairfield Little League season. Saturday, April 5, marked one year to the day that he had his bone marrow transplant - he has been cancer free for a year! There are 230 kids playing in Fairfield Little League this year.

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