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Care First Urgent Care Celebrates Anniversary
Featured News
05 Feb 2025
Care First Urgent Care in Pekin hosted an open house Saturday, Feb. 1, to celebrate their one year anniversary in the community. The health care facility is located at 7820 S. Voyles Road.
For their anniversary celebration, the staff provided several raffle drawings, cookies from Sandy’s Custom Cakes, gift cards, and goodie bags filled with adhesive bandages, hand sanitizer, tissues, lip balm, and a magnet with Care First infor ...
2-1-1 Is Available To Connect Residents To Free Local Tax Assistance Resources
Featured News
05 Feb 2025
Tax season is quickly approaching. The IRS will start accepting returns in late January, with the end of tax season on Tax Day, April 15, 2024. Indiana 211 has partnered with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which offers FREE tax help to people who generally make $60,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English-speaking taxpayer ...
IDHS "Get Prepared" Newsletter
Featured News
05 Feb 2025
Welcome to the new Get Prepared e-newsletter!For years GetPrepared.in.gov has offered Hoosiers plenty of safety and preparedness tips to help keep you safe, and it will continue to do so. You subscribed to receive the Get Prepared newsletter at some point along the way or this may be a topic ...
How To Reduce Your Risk Of Being In An Auto Accident
Featured News
05 Feb 2025
Though accidents occur every day, drivers can take steps to reduce their risk of being involved in one.
Driving a car or truck is part of daily life for most people. Commutes to work or school, leisure trips or time spent behind the wheel as part of a profession compel people to drive each and every day. Although most trips to the office or the store are uneventful, the risk that something may go awry is present any time a pers ...
Salem VFW Donates $10,000 to Washington Co. YMCA
Featured News
30 Jan 2025
The Washington County Family YMCA is thrilled to announce a generous $10,000 donation from the Salem Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6636 to the Beth Armstrong Y-For All Capital Campaign. This significant contribution supports the YMCA’s mission to create a childcare and family recreation center, a facility that will transform opportunities for youth and families in Washington County.
The donation was presented during a meeting on ...
Education News
YMCA Preschool Registration Opens Soon – Tuition Free for Those Who Qualify!
05 Feb 2025
The Washington County Family YMCA is excited to announce the upcoming registration for the 2025-2026 YMCA Preschool program! The high-quality preschool program helps young learners develop the foundational skills they need for success—through play-based learning, social-emotional development, and hands-on activities in a nurturing environment.
As ...
Fundraiser Is Being Held For SCS Bus Driver Feb. 15
01 Feb 2025
By Isabella Elliott, SHS Student Writer
On Feb. 15 a fundraiser will be held at Bradie Shrum Elementary at 4 p.m. to support an employee of Salem Community Schools.
PJ Beyster is a bus driver for SCS and was recently diagnosed with incurable lung cancer. To take some financial stress off his family, an event has been planned to help raise ...
Polar Plunge is Feb. 14
30 Jan 2025
By Andraya Barnett, SHS Student Writer
There is a fundraiser that everyone has been talking about, and it has become much more popular over the years. It's a freezing sensation called the Polar Plunge. It has become an annual winter time tradition, where many raise money then jump in an icy body of water, for the Special Olympics. For many people, ...
Business News
Employee Appreciation Ideas Staff Will Love
29 Jan 2025
Improving employee morale can start with various techniques to help staff feel more appreciated. The following are some ways employers can do just that.
It's not always easy for business owners to find the right ways to show employees how much they're appreciated. According to the O.C. Tanner Network, an employee recognition platform, 40 p ...
How Communities Benefit When Consumers Shop Local
23 Jan 2025
Locally owned businesses may be the smartest option for a number of reasons - not the least of which is the way such enterprises benefit the communities they call home.
Ideas about shopping are never set in stone, and the pandemic illustrated just how quickly consumer trends and opinions can change. Many individuals are now reevaluating ho ...
Lee Buckholz to Retire as Producing Artistic Director of Derby Dinner Playhouse
09 Jan 2025
Derby Dinner Playhouse announces that longtime company member and Producing Artistic Director, Lee Buckholz,will retire effective March 1, 2025, following an accomplished 35-yearcareer at the Playhouse. Veteran Derby Dinner actor and current Director ofChildren’s Theatre and Audience Development, Tina Jo Wallace, will step intothe role of D ...
Sports News
Eastern Musketeers Beat Salem Lions 46-42
03 Feb 2025
By Josh Lewis, Writer
The Lions and Musketeers faced off for the second time this season, and Eastern was able to get a little bit of revenge. Salem beat the Musketeers in the consolation game of the holiday tournament on a last second shot, and this time it was Eastern’s turn to hit a last second shot to give them the lead and win over Sa ...
Annual Lions Unified Basketball Game March 15
31 Jan 2025
The rosters are set for this year’s Lions Unified basketball game at Salem High School! Mark your calendar for Saturday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
“This will be our 9th annual Unified Game. It gets bigger each year, and we have more students and Special Olympic athletes signed up to play this year than ever before,” said Angela Phipps. “The schoo ...
IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectional Pairings
27 Jan 2025
By Dennis Dunn, Writer
The IHSAA held their annual girls basketball sectional pairings show on Sunday, January 26, and all teams discovered their fate with the post season set to begin on February 4. All three county schools will play their sectionals on the road as Salem and Eastern will compete in the Class 2A Sectional 46 at Crawford Co ...
Government News
Young Introduces Resolution Recognizing Iwo Jima Veterans
05 Feb 2025
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a resolution recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on February 19, 1945, and lasted until March 26, 1945.
“For myself, every Marine, and many Americans, Iwo Jima is symbol of duty and sacrifice,” said Senator Yo ...
Governor Braun Hosts Fireside Chat To Address Property Taxes
05 Feb 2025
Governor Mike Braun hosted a fireside chat on February 4 with constituents to listen to the impact that skyrocketing property taxes have had on Hoosiers. Gov. Braun has travelled the state and heard from many families that they are struggling due to increased property tax bills. Through Gov. Braun's Freedom and Opportunity Agenda, Hoosiers ...
Byrne's Public Safety Bill Passes Senate Unanimously
04 Feb 2025
A bill authored by State Sen. Gary Byrne (R-Byrneville) to promote public safety by supporting staff retention at local law enforcement agencies recently passed the Indiana Senate unanimously and now moves to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
Beginning with contracts executed or renewed July 1, 2025, Senate ...
Lifestyle News
Lincoln Ampitheatre 2025 Performance Series Announced
05 Feb 2025
The Lincoln Amphitheatre’s 38th year will feature a wide array of diverse entertainment options and performances during its 2025 seasonal operational window. The 2025 performance series, again presented by the Spencer County Community Foundation and the Perry County Community Foundation, will be anchored by five-time GRAMMY®-nom ...
Tips To Quiet Colic
03 Feb 2025
Although colic can't be avoided, there may be some ways to avoid colic triggers. Crying is a normal outlet for babies to express what they cannot verbalize. Infants cry when they are hungry, uncomfortable, tired, and/or have soiled diapers. But for some babies, crying may be something that seemingly does not end no matter what frazzled pare ...
Historic Preservation Month Photo Contest Starts
02 Feb 2025
The annual DNR Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology's annual photo contest has started, with a deadline of Friday, April 4, for entering. Open to photographers of any age and skill level, the contest has been held since 2005 to promote Indiana’s historic resources. All structures in photo entries ...
Latest Washington County Mugshots
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement agencies.
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Mondays’ postings will include arrests that occurred over the weekend.
Mugshots are collected from local law enforcement agencies and are public records.
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