Steve Launius retired from the Washington County Farm Bureau Board in January after 38 years of service. He was presented with a quartz clock in honor of his retirement at the Washington County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in January. He was the Washington County Farm Bureau director for Covington Township. He served as the vice…

A Nashville male driver struck an Illinois Department of Transportation flagman on Tuesday, April 16 at about 1:39 p.m. at Elm and South Henrietta streets in Okawville. According to a crash report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of a white Ford Transit 2020, Wayne R. Eigenrauch, 54, attempted to make a left…

  There were severe thunderstorms in Washington County on Thursday, April 18, which produced hail an inch or more in diameter. There were severe thunderstorm warnings and also tornado warnings in the county, though there were no confirmed tornadoes in the county.   Mark Britt, meteorologist at National Weather Service St. Louis, said there was…

The Okawville and Nashville High School basketball teams qualified for the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award. OHS earned a 3.76 (boys) and 3.87 (girls) cumulative GPA during the season.   The Nashville High School basketball teams also qualified for the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award with a 3.64 (boys) and 3.96 (girls) cumulative GPA during…

Between March 7 and April 5, around 50 high school students competed in Kaskaskia College’s four-day welding competition led by KC Assistant Professor of Welding Cory Wellen, including Nashville High School students. The annual competition has grown in popularity each year, resulting in multiple competition dates, according to information provided by Kaskaskia College. Vita Bartolotta…