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Lawrence County Memorial Hospital Friday announced that due to a rise in the Lawrence County transmission rate for COVID, they have reinstituted their mask policy. All staff and visitors will now

The Lawrence Public Library Board will meet in special session Saturday October 29th. Library officials have informed WAKO News that the meeting will be at the library in downtown Lawrenceville at

Lawrence County Clerk and Election Authority Will Gibson did conduct a state mandated public testing of the election equipment to be used to tabulate the ballots in the upcoming Tuesday November

Some good economic news this week from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) in Springfield. Unemployment rates fell from August to September for virtually all counties in

Halloween is rapidly approaching and new research from the SafeKids organization says that twice as many child pedestrians are killed while walking on Halloween compared to other days of the year.

The Lawrence Public Library received two bids for it’s planned ceiling and lighting improvement project Thursday morning. They were revealed at a bid opening held at the facility in downtown

Burn bans remain in effect for several counties in southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana including Lawrence and Knox Counties as of Thursday afternoon despite area rainfall earlier this

Tickets are now available for the upcoming Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Meeting early next month. The affair is scheduled for Monday November 7th at 6 p.m. CDT at the

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested two men Tuesday for Probation Violations. Taken into custody were 43 year old Justin Gerkin of Lawrenceville and 51 year old Ivan Smith of

Technical problems with the Menard State Prison Zoom video system led to the postponement of the scheduled pre-trial for convicted murderer Ray Tate in Clinton County Illinois. The Hopkinsville