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The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 1,778 new cases of coronavirus across the state with 40 new deaths. There were no new cases reported Thursday by the Lawrence County

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department made three recent arrests. 24 year old Damon Elmore of Lawrenceville was charged Thursday with Driving Under the Influence (Intoxicating Compound). He was

Reports out of neighboring Wabash County indicate a wanted man turned himself in this week. Wednesday, 52 year old Adam Vaira of Allendale surrendered to authorities at the Wabash County Jail in Mt

The Lawrence County C.E.O. (Creating Entreprenurial Opportunties) Class will present it’s Trade Show Thursday at the Lawrenceville High School Auditorium. It will be from 4:30 p.m. until 7

The Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission based in Albion elected new officers in April. Joe Judge from Wabash County was re-elected as Chairman, Rob Annis of Richland County Vice Chairman,

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,410 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 30 new deaths. There were no new cases reported by the Lawrence County Health

Illinois State Police report that a Jasper County woman was injured and hospitalized in a two vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Effingham County. The mishap occured on the Teutopolis Blacktop

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Wednesday arrested 19 year old Joesph Cummins of Lawrenceville for Probation Violation. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was later released

Lawrence County has been issued a tenative property assessment equalization factor of 1.000 according to the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization factor is called

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,211 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 19 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department indicated there were 3 new