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Brooklyn Ulick became the first WCHS cheerleader to achieve all-state recognition.
Kevin Byrd was the recipient of the 2024 Washingtonian Award.
With the retirement of Athletic Director Herb Knoblauch and head football coach Darrell Crouch, WCHS started anew in 2024-25 with Todd Stephens as football coach and Joe Alstat as Athletic Director.
IDOT announced a $43 million improvement for Business 24, with future plans for a total reconstruction of the road. These occurred in October and November.
In August the KFC restaurant closed after a 52-year run.
2024 saw a wave of new commercial construction, including the two new buildings below. In addition to these, a storage facility was added to the Trapp commercial complex at Spring Creek & Boyd.
1210 N. Cummings
1210 N. Cummings
1860 W. Cruger
1860 W. Cruger
After a wall collapses at 501 Walnut Street, the building was sold and improvements began.
Washington's city administrator Jim Snider resigned in August after a three-year stint at the job. He was Washington's fifth city administrator in nine years.
The city council agreed on a bid to construct a police evidence building west of the fire station.
On October 15, Freedom Parkway was opened to traffic to Cummings Lane.
The 2024 WCHS Hall of Fame class included Grant Escue, Erika (Grogg) Brown, Tony Ramadani, Janelle (Miller) Reents, Jacob Warner, Dick Smith, Jeff Little, Dr. Phillip Baer, the 2015 Wrestling team and the 2016 Softball team.
In November, the Hengst Foundation approached Washington about possibly putting a multi-million dollar amphitheater on the 223 property. This would require the city to invest millions of dollars in infrastructure.
For the first time in program history, the WCHS girls' basketball program is ranked #1 in the state Class 3A rankings.
Loki, the Washington Police Department canine officer, passed away in December.
The Nofsinger Road realignment opened to traffic on December 18.
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