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Two killed, others injured in early morning shooting in Charleston
(Local News ~ 02/19/22)
CHARLESTON — Two people were shot and killed and others injured at a party in Charleston early Saturday morning. According to Charleston Department of Public Safety Director Robert Hearnes, at 1 a.m. Saturday officers received reports of gunshots being fired at a party in the 100 block of S. Franklin Street...
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Letter: Proposition Fire will be on April 5 ballot
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/19/22)
Greetings, My name is Jeremy Perrien, the chief of Scott County Rural Fire Protection District. I am eager to begin conversations with the community to explain the factual impact of the proposed operating levy property tax increase, Proposition Fire, on the April 5 ballot to the fire district. The purpose of this $0.50 operating levy property tax increase is to improve the safety and security of our fire district and the people we serve...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 02/19/22)
The bingo hall needs to stop reserving all the tables out front except for two. You walk into the bingo hall, there’s names on all the tables. You cannot get a seat plus there’s a lot of discrimination going on too. And cheating.