Bank building branch on lot next to Wal-Mart

Although there is no shortage in banking choices in Washington, National City is giving residents another one.

Washington Chamber of Commerce director Carol Hamilton said National City is in the process of building a branch bank on the lot next to Wal-Mart.

School board members hire BLDD Architects

Washington is growing, and with it is the high school’s student population.

Student enrollment at the end of the 2007-08 school year was slightly beyond building capacity, said superintendent Dr. Jim Dunnan.

City water and sewer workers were out in the early morning hours Sunday to repair a water main break near Washington Community High School.

As the mother of a teenage driver, I hear a lot of griping, for lack of a polite term, about how Illinois'  laws regarding teen drivers are stupid.

Seeking opinions from Central Illinoisians regarding the middle class, I decided to bring my questions to local coffee shops.