Christopher Parker
Staff Reporter at Washington Missourian
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1 week ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
Demolition work begins this week on the campus of East Central College, where a new federally-funded respiratory care lab will welcome students from across Missouri for training this year. ECC President Dr. Jon Bauer told members of Washington’s 353 Redevelopment Corporation last week that the construction schedule is a tight one over the next few months. The college needs the new 2,000 square-foot space ready by the beginning of the fall semester. kA 4=2DDlQA`QmkDA2? 4=2DDlQDaQm“(6’C6 @?
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1 week ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
The ingredients are ready, and Deb Giffin said she’s ready to welcome culinarians of all kinds to Liberty Hall in downtown Washington, where they can start cooking up their big business ideas. Giffin purchased the building at 8 W. Second St. in fall 2022 and has transformed it into an event space with a second-floor Airbnb unit. She recently completed the final piece of her yearslong renovation project.
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
Nathan Oreskovic, Peter Bush, Phineas Schneider and Alina Hayden returned home from Wentzville victorious on March 15. But that’s nothing new. The four members of Washington High School’s varsity scholar bowl team did not lose a single match on their way to securing a Gateway Athletic Conference (GAC) title last month. Oreskovic placed first overall in individual scoring for the whole tournament. The Washington team beat out 11 other schools from around the St. Louis region to win.
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
Washington officials expect to start putting together an advisory committee in the coming weeks to help steer the city’s next decade of major infrastructure projects. The committee will provide feedback on planned road and park investments that would be funded by the renewal of two sales taxes in 2026, according to City Administrator Darren Lamb.
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
After 35 years of working in law enforcement in St. Clair, Police Chief and City Marshal Mike Wirt announced his retirement Monday night. “Me and my wife have decided it is time to go,” he told the board of aldermen at their regular meeting. “I’ll be around to have coffee and stuff like that, but other than that, that’ll be it.”kA 4=2DDlQA`QmkDA2? 4=2DDlQD`Qm(:CE H2D E92?<65 H:E9 2AA=2FD6 3J 2== E9@D6 :? 2EE6?52?46 2D 96 C6EFC?65 E@ 9:D 492:C 27E6C DA62<:?8] kDA2?
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