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The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 1,337 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 30 additional deaths. There were no new case reports by the Lawrence

Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham has released the results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols held in Lawrence and Crawford Counties in August. Those patrols provided extra

The Knox County Sheriffs Department reports that 5 people including 2 Lawrence County men were arrested during a drug raid in Vincennes Wednesday night. Taken into custody at the Econo Lodge were

The Illinois State Police report that a Richland County woman is now in custody after being charged in connection with the shooting death of Kyle Johnson in Olney Sunday. Just before 5 p.m.

The Bridgeport City Council Tuesday night moved to refinance the city water bonds. Mayor Michael Crask told the council that the action would result in significant savings over the remaining term

There could be funding coming to the Mid-American Air Center in 2021 for a major runway repair project. Airport manager Kurt Schwartz told the Bi-State Authority which governs the facility that

The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced that there were 1,392 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state with 7 additional deaths. There were no new cases reported by

A White County man is dead after being involved in an All-Terrain Vehicle accident this week in the city of Crossville. The White County Sheriffs Department says that 38 year old Shawn Dale

Authorities believe a vehicle recovered in Mt Vernon Illinois is that of the suspect in the fatal shooting of an Olney man this past weekend.   18 year old Rick Meador remains at large. He is

Autopsy results are pending in regard to the investigation into the shooting death of a Lawrence County woman earlier this week. 22 year old Lauren Smallwood of rural Lawrenceville was pronounced