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Deputy exposed to fentanyl during crash investigation in southern Illinois, sheriff's office reports

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Deputy exposed to fentanyl during crash investigation in southern Illinois, sheriff's office reports

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A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 in Washington County, Illinois, led to a drug-related incident involving a local deputy.See the Story

The Myth of Victimization – Mark Pulliam

History · Du Bois

The Myth of Victimization – Mark Pulliam

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History will harshly judge the United States’ prolonged vacillation over whether to honor the Fourteenth Amendment’s command of color-blindness by government actors in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, with the Supreme Court earning much of the blame. Brown vindicated Justice Harlan’s lonely dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which proclaimed that “our Constitution is color-blind.” Yet, it took the Justices 45 years, from Bakke in 1978…Read Article

ICC approves rail safety upgrades for Washington County

Washington County, Illinois · Washington County

ICC approves rail safety upgrades for Washington County

WASHINGTON COUNTY — The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Thursday, June 12 authorized the installation of new automatic warning devices and circuitry at the Maryland Road highway-rail grade crossing of the Illinois Central Railroad Company’s track near Radom. “The ICC is pleased to allocate Grade Crossing Protection Funds to bring important rail improvement projects to fruition. New signals and circuitry will improve safety for anyone using …Read Article

“There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.” — James Weldon Johnson

“Nothing will do more to change that mental attitude and raise his status than a demonstration of intellectual parity by the Negro through the production of literature and art.” – James Weldon Johnson, preface to The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) It’s his birthday today. An extremely important figure in 20th century American culture, James Weldon Johnson was born in 1871 and died in 1938. He is often lumped in with the Harlem Renaissance,…Du Bois · Du Bois Read Article

Jacob Burns - Air Force SSTG 14 years - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting

Weapons Trainer.Deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.Then 4 years in Europe. He trained everyone that came through there that heading to Afghanistan..His time at Afghanistan he ended with head injury and they ended up giving him full retirement because he was unable to pass the PT TEST do to headaches.Home one year we loss him from a truck accident on Richview. Categories: Military Salute 2025Weapons · Richview Read Article

Should Black Houston care about international issues?

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There are two schools of thought regarding African Americans’ concerns about international issues.One is that Black people are too focused on “domestic” issues to pay attention to events around the globe. Two, Black people in the U.S. today, like past giants (W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and others), are more aware of global issues than some social scientists think, and recognize how those issues im…Du Bois · Du Bois Read Article

State-level topics discussed at Luna-Fuller town hall

Submitted PhotoTOWN HALL — Pattern Energy’s Diogo Botelho presents at County Board member Daniel Luna-Fuller’s town hall in Richview on May 22 regarding the Kaskaskia Renewables project. Event held in Richview By TODD MARVER tmarver@washingtonconews.com WASHINGTON COUNTY — Washington County Board member Daniel Luna-Fuller reported that the two key takeaways from her May 22 town hall in Richview are the two bills currently on the agenda at th…Richview · Richview Read Article

Chalk the Walk to be held Friday

Event hosted by Okawville Chamber By TODD MARVER tmarver@washingtonconews.com OKAWVILLE — Okawville Chamber of Commerce’s Chalk the Walk will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 30, in the 200 block of East Walnut Street in Okawville. According to an Okawville Chamber of Commerce press release, vendors will include Tyson Shaved Ice, the Addieville JCs will have hot dogs and hamburgers, Okawville Legion will have sloppy joe’s, Whitne…Okawville · Okawville Read Article

Washington County resident alleges open meetings violation

Allegation related to Pattern Energy presentation By TODD MARVER tmarver@washingtonconews.com WASHINGTON COUNTY — Washington County resident Mary Czajkowski is alleging that the Washington County Board violated the Open Meetings Act, after a county board member was quoted saying that an agenda and notice posting was not required for a presentation that Pattern Energy made to county board members and township commissioners. Czajkowski spoke …Washington County, Illinois · Washington County Read Article

Okawville Board approves manhole smoke blower purchase

Board also approves appropriation ordinances By TODD MARVER tmarver@washingtonconews.com OKAWVILLE — The Okawville Village Board approved the purchase of a manhole smoke blower from Midwest Supply at a cost of $2,300 at its May 19 meeting. Trustee Nathan Dick said there were three bids and they get a lot of things from Midwest Supply, so that’s what Water Superintendent John Elliott felt comfortable with. He said Midwest Supply included some…Okawville · Okawville Read Article

Washington County drug unit with Monroe County no longer in place

County working on intergovernmental agreement By TODD MARVER tmarver@washingtonconews.com WASHINGTON COUNTY — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office drug interdiction unit with Monroe County has not been in place for a few months. A formal intergovernmental agreement is in the process of being created between the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing said Washington Co…Washington County, Illinois · Washington County Read Article