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The Illinois State Board of Education has cancelled it’s scheduled ZOOM meeting with Red Hill Unit #10 Thursday morning. A new date has not been set.

Controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is scheduled to be in southeastern Illinois Thursday evening. Greene was elected to Congress in 2020 and has been a strong supporter of

Officials with Red Hill Unit #10 were scheduled to meet via ZOOM with the Illinois State Board of Education Thursday regarding it’s probationary status. In late May, the Unit #10 Board of

The Wabash County Sheriffs Department has arrested a wanted male suspect in the town of Allendale. 26 year old Randy Jacob Cruz of Fairfield was the subject of a Wabash County warrant for

A  southeastern Illinois man wanted for murder is now in custody. Reports indicate that 29 year old Jaquez Gardner of Woodlawn was arrested this week while leaving a hotel in O’Fallon in

The 200th anniversary celebration of Lawrence County concluded Tuesday afternoon as a new time capsule was buried on the courthouse grounds in Lawrenceville. The burial follows the unearthing and

A Crawford County man was killed in a Tuesday afternoon accident in southwestern Indiana. The Indiana State Police report that the fatal mishap occurred Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. EDT at a county

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department early Wednesday arrested 40 year old Joshua Wilson of Sumner on a charge of Domestic Battery. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held

The Embarras River Basin Agency (ERBA) Outreach Office at 1211 State Street in Lawrenceville is holding Headstart signups Wednesday July 7th 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. For additional information, call

State court systems across Illinois are looking at a return to normal scheduling and operations in the fall. Last week the Illinois Supreme Court issued two new rulings. The first calls for