Opinion
Tell Me Something Good: The Start Of An Unprecedented School Year
By Leah Williams I always enjoyed the first day of school. A perpetual student until my early 30s, I loved the surge of school supply shopping, the meticulous detail in making class schedules, preparing for another year of academic success. Every August presents itself with the usual apprehensions. What will this school year bring? But…
Read MoreTell Me Something Good: A Family Of Healthcare Professionals
By Leah Williams In times of quarantine, it is easy to reminisce about the family get togethers of the past. Often times at reunions I would feel like the odd one out. You see, in my immediate family, I am the only one who is not practicing medicine in one for or another. I hear…
Read MoreLetter: Coronavirus Questions
Last week in the Community Spread of COVID-19 article, I said “We’ve done well. We’ve been lucky. The contest is not over. It’s crunch time.” Some of you contacted me about that article. The question most often asked was “What more can I do?” Here’s the list: 1. Stay home. That is easier said…
Read MoreTell Me Something Good: Hanke Family Adoption Becomes Official
By Leah Williams news@nashnews.net A picture may be worth more than a thousand words but it only took five in all caps and three exclamation points in a caption to express the emotion in this one photo. “IT”S OFFICIAL! SHE’S A HANKE!!!” Tim and Chelsey Hanke posted that they decided to take to social media…
Read MoreTell Me Something Good: MV Student Wins Full Ride To College With Just A Penny
By Leah Williams news@nashnews.net A local teenage boy took his mom’s advice and now he won a random contest and gets to go to college free. Max Zinzilieta, a senior at Mt. Vernon Township High School, was awarded a $100,000 scholarship through Michelin USA after participating in national initiative to get young drivers to pay…
Read MoreColumn: An Important Lesson From A Three-Legged Cat
By Leah Williams There is something about a country cat. My mom’s house in rural Sandoval was gifted with a stray one day. She was a longhaired calico cat who my sister named Dolly. Now I am not talking hyperbole when I say that this feisty feline is the baddest cat I’ve ever known. I…
Read MoreColumn: Tell Me Something Good
By Leah Williams The new year is here, and along with the turn of the calendar page comes the promise of a new beginning. What lies ahead in the next 12 months is uncertain, but the hope that something better is around the corner. The older I get the more desperate I seem to want…
Read MoreLetter To The Editor: Farm conservation program hitting new heights around Illinois
All around Illinois, farmers are increasingly showing how to improve conservation on their land – one important Star Rating at a time. The S.T.A.R. Program, short for Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources, was created in 2017 through the Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation District to promote sustainable farming. Participating farmers and landowners learn how to…
Read MoreLetters: FOIA Request To Washington County Hospital
Brian [Monsma, president of Washington County Hospital], As I have long asserted, WCH is in violation of legal requirements to provide information to me. You have received a copy of the letter sent to me June 7, 2019. from the Attorney General. It was sent to Nancy Newby as FOIA officer of the hospital. (…
Read MoreLetter To The Editor: CILA And The King Property
Dear Editor, Could please include this survey in your next weekly newspaper? Yesterday there was a court hearing about how the new Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) owned by Community Link in Breese, IL was asking for tax exempt on the newly donated home, formerly owned by Jerry King. I understand that the Nashville Community…
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