Today, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that Region 4, which includes Washington County, is moving to Tier 2 Mitigations effective today. All regions in Illinois have now been moved out of Tier 3 mitigations.   “With all regions of Illinois now out of Tier 3, we can now see that the entire…

As of Monday, January 18th the Washington County Health Department announced that they have begun Phase 1B of the vaccination plan in Washington County. In their statement posted on their Facebook Page, WCHD said, “Phase 1B is a very large group to vaccinate. It includes several occupations as well as those over the age of…

Jake Brandmeyer and his team at State Farm Insurance in Nashville partnered with Bonnie Café to provide free meals to first responders and frontline workers on Tuesday, January 12. State Farm Insurance donated $500, and Bonnie Café donated $250, for a total of $750 worth of meals.  “We have been fortunate that our job is…

A few weeks ago, Deb Hagopian, Warden at Washington County Animal Control, received five very special books. They are scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings, dating back to June of 1996, of every Pet of the Week ever featured in the Nashville News. Pet of the Week is a weekly submission received from Washington County Partners…