Research has shown that reading to children at a young age has many benefits. Beyond using that time as an opportunity to bond with your child, it also positively impacts their cognitive development and emotional skills while also fostering their creativity and imagination.
A locally organized “constituent town hall” in Washington Tuesday night saw a handful of area activists voice their grievances about federal spending cuts, and encouraged attendees to do the same.
The prestigious P.E.O. Star Scholarship was awarded to four young women from the 2025 graduating class of Washington High School. …
A new court record has shed some light on details of former Washington Mayor Jaron Rosien’s case, as he pleads guilty to a less severe crime than the sexual abuse allegations made in 2023. Sentencing details and other stipulations of the plea deal are still uknown.
Mark Keedy, a former intern at the Washington Evening Journal, has spent the majority of every week since October sorting, scanning and archiving thousands of decades-old film negatives from the local paper. He expects the project will take the rest of his life.
A few weeks after making Veterans Affairs assistance easier to get, supervisors expect to vote May 13 on raising the General Assistance income cap as high as 200% of the federal poverty line.
The Washington City Council has given a green light to a prospective business owner planning to build rental storage units in the Wiley Subdivision, despite concerns that doing so might trade off with other development in the area.
Regrading project will cut off thru traffic until late October, as contractors continue “one of the largest, if not the largest” road improvement project in Washington County, installing a new paved corridor over the Skunk River near Rubio.
A judge has dismissed challenges to a $15 million bond referendum at the Highland school district, even after acknowledging that at least 70 invalid votes cast in its election may have altered the outcome. Read to find out why.
A second round of roadwork on Highway 218 between Riverside and Hills will likely last well into summer, a Department of Transportation spokesperson said.
Former Washington mayor appears poised to plead guilty, but not to Class C felony he’s charged with
On a beautiful spring day, May 15, 2007 to be exact, Corbin was welcomed by his parents Fantasia Jacobs-Fuller and …
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