Fairfield is considering not allowing businesses with a recreational marijuana license to operate within the city, something other local governments are considering across the state. Just more than a week before legalized recreational marijuana is permitted in Ohio, city council debated legislation Monday that would prohibit cannabis operators, cultivators and processors from hanging a shingle in Fairfield. Nearly three weeks ago, Ohioans voted to legalize recreational marijuana, making the Buckeye State the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana. On Nov. 7, nearly 57% of Ohioans approv ..read more

The 53-year-old Indiana man severely injured last week in a lawnmower accident in Fairfield has died, according to police. Shawn King was injured Oct. 31 when the lawnmower he was riding at the Villages of Wildwood complex overturned, and he was submerged in a pond. He was mowing next to the pond when the mower turned and landed on top of him. He and the equipment went into the water, police said. Fire crews were able to get King out from under the zero-turn mower, and he was taken by ambulance to Mercy Health-Fairfield in order to be transported by medical helicopter to University Hospital in ..read more

Two people are dead after a murder-suicide in Fairfield Friday morning. Fairfield police officers responded to Merlin Drive at around 10 a.m. Oct. 13 for a reported altercation. When they arrived, they found 24-year-old Tatiana Maldonado and 33-year-old Jolman David Perez dead inside their apartment. After an investigation, police determined Perez killed Maldonado and then took his own life. According to the coroner's report, both Perez and Maldonado died of a neck wound. Police provided no additional information on what led to the murder-suicide ..read more

The Butler County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the 19-year-old who was found dead in the back parking lot of a Fairfield shopping plaza. On Thursday shortly before 10 p.m., police responded to the report of a shooting and an armed robbery in the area of Symmes Road and McGreevy Drive. When police arrived, they found the body of a 19-year-old inside a vehicle that had crashed into a semi-trailer in the rear parking lot behind the Goodwill and the Big Lots at 4605 Dixie Highway. On Monday, the coroner's office identified the man as Cameron J. Duskin. According to investigators ..read more

Area food pantries are about to receive a massive donation from volunteers at 21 different local companies. As part of a nationwide 9/11 Day of Service, more than 1,000 volunteers will be packing about 240,000 healthy, non-perishable meals. The meals will be donated to the Freestore Foodbank and Shared Harvest Foodbank. As many as one in four people experience food insecurity each day, according to Feeding America. Thats up from 20% in 2022. Monday's meal packing event at the Cintas Center at Xavier University is just one of 18 meal packing events across America. Its the first time its been he ..read more

A 19-year-old was found dead in the back parking lot of a Fairfield shopping plaza, investigators said. On Thursday shortly before 10 p.m., police responded to the report of a shooting and an armed robbery in the area of Symmes Road and McGreevy Drive. When police arrived, they found the body of a 19-year-old inside a vehicle that had crashed into a semi-trailer in the rear parking lot behind the Goodwill and the Big Lots at 4605 Dixie Highway. Fairfield police said the circumstances surrounding the man's death are still under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday by the Butler Cou ..read more

A Fairfield man has been indicted for allegedly beating a man to death earlier this month at a Hamilton residence. Delmer Vickers Jr., 59, is facing charges of murder and felonious assault for the incident on Aug. 20 in the 1100 block of South 13 Street. Douglas D. Centers, 58, was found dead on the evening of Aug. 20, according to the police report. He suffered blunt force trauma to the head. Vickers was arrested Aug. 24 in New Miami, according to officials. He was arraigned the same morning the grand jury indictment was released. Bond was set by Butler County Common Pleas Judge at $1 million ..read more

Tuesdays pre-trial conference scheduled for the man accused of killing Fairfields Katelyn Markham in 2011 has been rescheduled until September. John Carters murder trial in not scheduled to begin until next summer, but the prosecution has turned over evidence in the investigation to the defense more than 100 items. Carters defense attorneys Chris Pagan and Lawrence Hawkins III left judges chambers an hour before the scheduled hearing. Carter was not present. He said the hearing had been continued. When asked why, Pagan said, the discovery is voluminous and we are working to see if it is correc ..read more

Groovin on the Green, Fairfields summer concert series, will continue with several well-known names on the concert line-up in July. We have some great acts coming in this summer, and the community is going to love them, said David Sheldrick, marketing specialist for the City of Fairfield. The concert series is taking place on select Thursday evenings throughout the summer. Upcoming shows include Cumberland Run on July 6, Crash Test Dummies on July 20, Forever Diamond on Aug. 3, Steven Page, formerly of Barenaked Ladies on Aug. 17 and The Fortunate Sons on Aug. 31. The summer concert season wil ..read more

A man wanted for striking a Sheriffs cruiser during a vehicle pursuit was taken into custody Monday, the Butler County Sheriff's Office said. Members of the Butler County Regional Narcotics Taskforce along with the U.S. Marshals arrested Jarred Hignite without incident at the Villages of Wildwood Apartments on Monday, the Butler County Sheriff's Office said. On May 22, Hignite was involved in a vehicle pursuit during which he struck a Sheriffs cruiser. Hignite has been booked into the Butler County Jail, and is facing charges of felonious assault, failure to comply with order or signal of a po ..read more