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TWO SENTENCED IN LCCC

Lawrence County States Attorney Brady Waldrop reports that two people were sentenced to prison terms recently in Lawrence County Circuit Court (LCCC). 31 year old Courtney Malone of Lawrenceville was given 8 years in the […]

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HARD FREEZE FORECAST

The National Weather Service says that a hard freeze is expected Monday night across all of the WAKO listening area in southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the middle to […]

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OIL SPILL

Emergency officials continue to deal with an oil spill in northern Lawrence County. According to information released by Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Joe Calvert, his department was notified of the spill on the Embarras […]

Area Obituaries

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James L. Horn, Jr.

James L. Horn, Jr., age 68, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at the Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on June 03, 1955 in Portsmouth, Virginia, the […]

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Kenneth Ray Laughlin

Kenneth Ray Laughlin, age 83 of Bridgeport, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. He was born December 1, 1940, in Bridgeport to Walter and Martha (Brown) Laughlin. After graduating high […]

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Marjorie J. Fisher

Marjorie J. Fisher, age 96, of Vincennes, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Oak Village Health Care Center in Oaktown, Indiana. She was born on August 16, 1927 in Manhattan, New York, […]

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William E. Fahr, Sr.

William E. Fahr, Sr., age 92, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born on January 29, 1932 in Hamburg, New York, […]

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