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Latest Articles by Kalen McCain
News Apr. 30, 2025 2:38 pm202d ago
A district judge has ruled in the school district’s favor, but lamented “harsh and arguably arbitrary result” in ruling to dismiss a challenge, after at least 70 invalid ballots were cast in the race.
News Apr. 30, 2025 1:26 pm202d ago
The Washington Area Soccer Program, also known as WASP, will host a fundraiser this weekend after a top volunteer’s family suffered a house fire in early April.
News May. 5, 2025 1:19 pm197d ago
Barn Talk, a podcast recorded by a father and son from the loft of a repurposed barn near Washington, is doing numbers on national download rankings. The pork farming producers credit their success to authenticity, and say it’s helped keep their operation afloat amid market turmoil.
News Apr. 30, 2025 11:48 am202d ago
Lincoln Elementary’s Art Service Club set up on the bandstand in Washington’s square last Friday, to work on a collaborative art piece with anyone who happened to walk by.
News Apr. 30, 2025 11:47 am202d ago
Initial roadwork is underway for some long-awaited improvements to Highway 92/East Washington Street, a main route for commuters to and from Washington’s east side of town.
News Apr. 28, 2025 2:08 pm204d ago
Organizers say they won’t hold Washington’s Latino Festival this summer, canceling plans for a popular day-long annual tradition in the city’s central park marked by an abundance of authentic food, flashy lucha libre matches and musical mariachi and “Banda” performances. Organizers cite fears of wrongful deportations.
News Apr. 28, 2025 1:24 pm204d ago
St. James Elementary earlier this month succeeded in raising $5,000 for the American Heart Association in its “Kids Heart Challenge,” a fundraiser formerly known as “Jump Rope For Heart.”
Washington News Apr. 24, 2025 4:45 pm208d ago
With 1,200 square feet, two bedrooms and a single floor, a newly built house on South Marion Avenue appears modest, from the outside. But it’s got its fair share of classy amenities.
Washington News Apr. 24, 2025 4:34 pm208d ago
A year and a half into running his own business, Lucas Comfort Solutions Owner and Technician Tom Lucas has doubled the size of its staff, by hiring his first other employee.
News Apr. 23, 2025 11:13 am209d ago
A crowd turned out to Washington’s downtown area Saturday for a roughly 90-minute “Hands Off” protest opposing a handful of policies enacted by President Donald Trump in the first several months of his second term, synchronized with a flurry of similar rallies across the nation on the same day.
News Apr. 23, 2025 11:12 am209d ago
Washington’s city council and school district have approved their budgets for the coming fiscal year, with the county supervisors set to vote on their finances next week. Here’s everything you need to know.
News Apr. 23, 2025 11:03 am209d ago
Keota, Highland and Winfield-Mt. Union each faced considerable pushback when they announced the change to a 4-day school week. But a year later,
News Apr. 21, 2025 1:55 pm211d ago
A smattering of new amenities are coming to the park in downtown Washington as summer draws near, but the year’s first few downtown events may be light on restrooms and tables.
News Apr. 21, 2025 1:53 pm211d ago
A pair of operational sharing agreements that provide funding and shared staff members to Washington and Keota school districts will continue, after a school board member last month moved to dissolve the arrangement.
News Apr. 16, 2025 12:23 pm216d ago
A contentious bond issue for the Highland school district went before a judge Tuesday morning, where petitioners argued the referendum should be thrown out thanks to at least 70 ballots counted in its election from voters who lived outside the district, but were accidentally given a chance to vote on its finances.

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