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A motion to revoke bond has been issued by authorities for a missing southeastern Illinois man wanted in connection with a drug homicide. 52 year old Phillip Henson of Flora was charged in Clay
Continue Reading »A motion to revoke bond has been issued by authorities for a missing southeastern Illinois man wanted in connection with a drug homicide. 52 year old Phillip Henson of Flora was charged in Clay
Continue Reading »Officials with the Rides Mass Transit District (RMTD) have announced that they will be providing transportation to the polls next Tuesday November 8th at no cost to all residents of their service
Continue Reading »Lawrenceville Police dealt with 2 two vehicle accidents Monday in the same vicinity of west Lawrenceville. The first occurred just before 11 a.m. at Walmart at 2610 West Haven Road when a 2015
Continue Reading »Knox County has lifted its burn ban. The county commissioners gave notice Monday that the ban was being rescinded. They cited recent rainfall and improved weather conditions as reasons. The ban was
Continue Reading »The National Weather Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisory for Tuesday morning until 10 a.m. CDT for the entire WAKO listening area. Visibilities were reported as low as one quarter mile or less
Continue Reading »The Lawrence Public Library Board met Saturday afternoon in a rare weekend special session at the library in downtown Lawrenceville. The Board met and discussed the two bids received for the
Continue Reading »Authorities in Lawrence County made some arrests over the weekend. 34 year old Brandon Cummins was taken into custody early Monday for Violation of an Order of Protection. He was being held on the
Continue Reading »WAKO News has been informed by the fire chiefs in Lawrence County that the burn ban has now been lifted as of Monday October 31st. The ban was imposed locally on Saturday October 22nd due to the
Continue Reading »The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting an uptick in the number of COVID cases across the state. More than 13,000 new cases of infection have been logged over the past week and
Continue Reading »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
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