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The Sumner City Council met in regular session Tuesday at City hall and did approve the annual appropriation ordinance for 2020-21 of approximately $1.5 million. Also approved were various city

The Lawrenceville City Council met in regular session Thursday night and were informed by Mayor Don Wagner officially that the City Park Pool will not open for the summer of 2020 and the annual

The number of deaths attributed to the coronavirus across Illinois now stands at 6, 185 with health officials announcing 91 more deaths Thursday. That number marks a full week of fewer than 100

The Illinois State Police District 12 has released its monthly activity report for May. District 12 does include Lawrence County among others. Troopers answered 188 calls for service during the

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department early Friday arrested 27 year old Andrew Knepp of Lawrenceville on a charge of Arson. No other arrest details were given. Knepp was being held pending the

The Petrolia Water District has issued a Boil Order till further notice for the Ewing Properties Fair Oaks Apartments area between Lawrenceville and Bridgeport. The order was imposed Thursday

The Vincennes Utility Services Board has recieved two bids for work on a seepage control project along the Wabash River levee near Vincennes University. The bids were from Kerns Excavating and

The St Francisville City Council met in regular session Wednesday and voted to increase by 25 cents the city trash collection rate effective with the July bills. They also after much discussion

The University of Illinois Extension Service which governs 4-H has announced that two local summer fairs-Lawrence and Crawford-will no have in-person attendance and will offer 4-H exhibits

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there were 625 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday along with 78 additional confirmed deaths from the disease. Those totals bring to