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State Librarian Jesse White has awarded over $1.2 million dollars in Fiscal Year 2020 School District Library Grant Program awards to 684 public school districts across the state of Illinois. Both

The Unit 20 Board of Education is considering a proposal for a new food service program for the district in the future. Represenatives of OPAA a company based out of Chesterfield Missouri were on

The Bridgeport City Council has a new member. Brad McDaniel was sworn in at Tuesdays regular meeting at City Hall. He fills a vacancy created when Chuck Lemeron resigned his seat after moving

The Lawrence County Board met in regular session Wednesday and recieved a proposal from Deaconess Illinois EMS to aqquire the Lawrence County Ambulance Service. Represenatives from Deaconess

A Lawrence County man escaped injury after his vehicle was involved in a four vehicle chain reaction collision in Effingham County on Tuesday. The Effingham County Sheriffs Department reports that

Local authorities arrested two people on traffic charges. The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department  arrested 25 year old Rachel Pennington of Bridgeport for Driving While License Suspended and the

The ongoing Sheehan Pipeline bankruptcy was a topic of discussion for the Bi-State Authority which governs the Mid-American Air Center northeast of Lawrenceville but there may be a silver lining to

Illinois State Police report that a Knox County Indiana truck driver was hurt in a single vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon on Illinois Route 1 in southern Clark County Illinois. A 2020 Volvo

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested three people Tuesday for Probation Violations. Taken into custody on the offenses were 34 year Old Jeffrey Campbell of Flat Rock, 35 year old Angela

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that Illinois Route 1 south of Mt Carmel to grayvlle is closed. The closure is due to high water over the road caused by a clogged culvert