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On Wednesday, May 14, Washington County emergency responders received a call at 6:22 pm regarding a single-vehicle wreck at the intersection of W Mount Tabor Rd and Hitchcock Rd involving one female.

A new initiative from the Washington County Community Foundation (WCCF) is aiming to lift local nonprofits to new heights. Established in...

I asked my followers on my Facebook page what questions they had about essential oils and proper usage, and I thought this question was perfect to answer to prepare for summertime coming up!

Salem Choir and Musical Theatre students present their year-end concert this Sunday, May 18 at 2:00 pm in the Trueblood Performing Arts Center on the campus of Salem Middle School.

Sectional News: On Sunday, May 4, the IHSAA released the sectional pairings for both baseball and softball. For baseball, all three county schools will begin their tourney trek on the road this year while the Lady Lions and Musketeers travel and the Senators host for softball.

In an exciting move to make local journalism more accessible to everyone in our community, The Washington County Times  is officially going paywall-free!

After several months of not holding meetings due in part to the proposed zoning ordinance fiasco that occurred earlier in the year, the Washington County Planning Commission finally reconvened once again on Tuesday, May 6. The meeting, however, took an immediate and unexpected turn.

Everyone, at some point, wonders how their life will end. Many imagine a quiet passing, perhaps in old age, surrounded by family. Some even dream of slipping away at the same time as a beloved spouse — a romantic idea, but one that almost never happens. And yet, one quiet day in Salem in 1906, Samuel and Priscilla Trueblood did exactly that.

On May 6, the Washington County Commissioners held a normal meeting at their normal location at the Salem Courthouse, but the attendance was anything but normal. What is usually a sparsely populated gallery was instead filled to the brim with employees from Temple & Temple, owned by Ken Temple. Temple and his employees were present in hopes that they would receive a bid in regard to a paving project funded partially by grant money provided by Community Crossings.

On the morning of Tuesday, May 6, the Washington County Board of Commissioners met to discuss and vote on several issues, one of which has been a topic of interest for nearly two months: Whether or not to declare the Plan Commission vacant due to members not taking an oath of office as stated in Indiana Code 5-4-1-1.2 (c) and (d).

On May 2, 2025, Salem emergency responders received a call at 2:58 PM in regard to a single-vehicle wreck on North Main Street, just north of Ernstberger Orthodontics.

Former Assistant Fire Chief Mark Day has stepped up to take the reins as Fire Chief after his brother and former Fire Chief Tom Day officially retired. Beginning his firefighting career in 2007, Mark Day has been part of the Salem and Washington Township Fire Department family for nearly two decades, and he describes it as one of the most important things for the community that he is part of.