Events, news or other items from around Washington County

By Travis Volz After the best part of four decades with Kaskaskia College, Cathy Karrick is finally calling it quits. For good this time. Even though she had retired from her job as KC’s Director of Public Information last year, Karrick officially ended her career earlier this month as athletic director and coordinator of the…

After taking a COVID hiatus last year, the Nashville Fall Festival is back for its 40th year this Friday and Saturday in Nashville. This year’s event will feature food, adult beverages, vendor booths, music, a kids area, and more. Events begin Friday morning when craft booths open at 9 a.m., food booths opening an hour…

The Washington County Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 23 has been canceled, according to administrator Matt Biermann. Plans had originally been to move the location of the meeting to the Community Center of Nashville at 8 p.m. Thursday, but instead the meeting will be rescheduled. The purpose of the proposed meeting…

Boat manufacturing is up this year, but so is the demand at Yachts To Sea in Nashville. “More boats are being delivered this year than last year, but the inventory is not catching up to demand,” said Sales Manager Brandon Frederking. Last year the COVID Pandemic led to more people becoming first-time boat owners because…

By Travis Volz As the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread, Washington and neighboring counties have seen alarming increases in COVID metrics over the last few weeks. The Illinois Department of Public Health issued warnings to Madison, St. Clair, Monroe and Jefferson counties last week, as well as Washington County this week. All…

The Washington County Board approved an audit by Krehbiel & Associates at its meeting last week. County  income increased 22 percent from 2019 to 2020, from $9.97 million to $12.2 million, according to the audit. During the same period expenses decreased 5.5 percent, from $9.1 million to $8.6 million.  The $12.2 million income included  property…

The Washington County Board heard differing opinions about a proposal to hire Bellweather LLC of Normal, Il. as an administrator/consultant for spending federal COVID funds. The fee will be $20,000 for a two year contract, or less than 1 percent of the federal funds received. EMA Director Matt Bierman said he didn’t think it was…

The Nashville Police Department took custody of Pinckneyville a man suspected of burglarizing two local pharmacies over the last month. Herman E. Sims, 41, was taken into custody last Tuesday morning as a result of investigations into burglaries at Doehring’s Pharmacy and Nashville Pharmacy earlier this summer. According to warrant information, Sims is alleged to…