WAKO News

The Sumner City Council meeting in special session at City Hall Tuesday evening approved the purchase of a downtown building for city department storage and potential office use. The move was made

The Lawrence Public Library is seeing more usage. That according to a report made Tuesday evening to the Board of Trustees by Library Director and Head Librarian Diane Brumley. She indicated that

The 2021 Miss Knox County Fair Queen is Rayne Held of Freelandville. She was selected from among 8 candidates vying for the crown Monday evening at the VU Pavilion at the fairgrounds in Bicknell.

The National Weather Service has continued the Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Wednesday. The river Tuesday was at 31.5 feet and falling. The river had been high due to

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department took into custody Monday 45 year old Gary Reeves of Lawrenceville on a Knox County Indiana warrant. He was being held without bond in the Lawrence County

Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District assisted by the Vincennes Township Fire Department and other agencies responded to a structure fire in Lawrenceville Monday morning. They were

Sumner Mayor Betty Brian has announced a Special Session of the City Council. The mayor informed WAKO News that she has called the meeting for Tuesday July 20th at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The topic of

The Illinois Department of Public Health is working with health departments across the state, the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration to investigate a multistate

Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in all 50 United States including Illinois and Indiana among those not vaccinated. Currently the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,399,946 cases

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Friday arrested 32 year old Marvin Kimmell of Vincennes for Driving While License Revoked. He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and later released with a