WAKO News

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

The Indiana Department of Conservation has announced that as the result of a 6 month long multi-state poaching investigation, 4 juveniles from Mt Carmel in Wabash County Illinois have had

The National Weather Service is continuing a Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Tuesday afternoon. The river Monday morning was at 31.2 feet, over a foot above it’s

The 2021 Knox County Fair begins this weekend. It gets underway Saturday and Sunday with two evenings of rodeo at the fairgrounds in Bicknell. There is an admission fee for children ages 5 and up

The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission met Thursday and recieved an update from City Engineer John Sprague on the Main Street Project Phases I and II. He said that right of way aqquisitions are