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UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:13 am CT Reply Ott Jr. and Thomson are separated by just 3 votes, and the county has yet to count provisional ballots cast on Election Day and all late vote by mail ballots postmarked by Election Day. (Kristin Borden/Patch) NEW LENOX, IL — Incumbent New Lenox Park District commissioners Bill Thomson and Ted Schulz are the projected winners of the April 6 election. According to Tuesday's unofficial results, Mark Ott Jr. received 1,842 votes, Thomson received 1,845 votes and Ted Schulz received 2,141 votes. Thomson, Schulz and Ott Jr. ran for two open positions a...

Richmond Hill City Council approved a pair of requests from the Richmond Hill-Bryan County Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night in regard to the Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival. Without discussion or questions, council first approved the chamber’s request to use J.F. Gregory Park for the event on Oct. 15-17. Next came approval for it to sell beer and wine. The fact the requests were being put before council spells good news for the Richmond Hill community and seafood lovers in the Coastal Empire. The festival (goseafoodfestival.com) has become a staple of the community over the years and it is...

Bryan County News More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Post 3 city council forum slated for Feb. 23 The two candidates vying for the Richmond Hill City Council Post 3 special election seat will square off in a virtual candidate forum later this month. Les Fussell and Marcus Thompson are seeking the seat previously held by Mark Ott. The forum, sponsored by the Bryan County NAACP branch 5648, will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23 and aired live on the group's Faceb...

Bryan County News More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Fussell, Thompson tout love of city, desire to serve Les Fussell and Marcus Thompson are running in the March 16 special election to fill the Richmond Hill Post 4 council seat vacated in January by Mark Ott. The News sent questionnaires to both candidates and asked each to provide a brief biography. Both candidates are featured in this story,  Here’s how Fussell responded:(Thompson's answers will follow).  1...

Earlier this week, the political action committee pushing a plan that would let voters decide if Austin's top decision-maker should be the mayor or continue to be the city manager cleared an important hurdle. Austinites for Progressive Reform – a PAC made up of political insiders and entrepreneurs fighting to give the mayor supreme authority – gathered more than 24,000 signatures. Those signatures were submitted Jan. 11, and on Tuesday the city clerk issued a certificate of approval indicating at least 20,000 of them were from registered voters – the minimum total the city requir...