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After years of participating in other communities Relay For Life, Washington residents were able to stay closer to home.
Washingtonian Josh Marshall spent the past nine years requesting a Washington event.

“I think this is our time,” Marshall said in response to the American Cancer Society asking him if he would chair the local event.

Babcook Field is in the dark despite new stadium lights donated by Brian Wisher.

Washington Community High School superintendent Dr. Jim Dunnan said the lights work, but the wiring is undersized.

The Center for Prevention of Abuse is expecting an increase in duck sales for the 20th annual Duck Race, thanks in part to a chance for one lucky person to win a shiny new gas-efficient vehicle.

Washington city workers and AmerenCILCO were kept busy Tuesday thanks to a summer storm with severe winds in the early morning hours Tuesday.

Washington students will see a calendar change in future years.

During a special meeting, Washington Community High School board of education members voted to submit a calendar waiver for Veterans Day.

For the last nine years, Washington native Josh Marshall has been asking to have a Relay For Life event in Washington.

This weekend, his request will finally become a reality with the first Washington Relay For Life starting at 4 p.m. Friday and continuing until noon Saturday at the Washington Community High School track.

Washington will continue to pay Scott Bradbury from the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission to manage the geographical information system.

At their regular meeting Monday night, city officials approved a contract with the regional planning commission.

City commissioner Dan Decker said he wants to hear from the community about whether Summit Road should be extended.

City council members listened to the latest developments regarding the Summit Road extension project at the July 29 city council meeting.

Despite a packed house of attentive and concerned Washington residents, the only noise at the kickoff meeting for the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Eastern Bypass Study was a few thunder claps and some falling rain.

The open-house style meeting at Countryside Banquet Facility July 29 had large crowds gathered around enlarged maps of the Tri-County area that would be affected by the proposed four-lane highway connecting Interstate 74 with Illinois Route 6.

Rumors and misinformation have begun to circulate around town that the Washington District Library is attempting to add a new tax levy.

For some residents, the difference between enterprise zones and a Tax Increment Financing district can be confusing.

Local government and private partners involved with the Farm Creek Watershed Forest Management project, met July 22 at Native American Fellowship Dayspring United Methodist Church, located at 201 N. Norwood Place, in East Peoria for a kick-off meeting.

Melissa Eaton, planner III for the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, said the project is possible because of a grant the commission received from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Despite a packed house of attentive and concerned Tri-County residents, the only noise at the kickoff meeting for the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Eastern Bypass Study was a few thunder claps and some falling rain.