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DENSE FOG ADVISORY

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

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LOCAL ARRESTS

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

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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

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MASKS BACK AT LCMH

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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ELECTION EQUIPMENT TEST

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

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