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The 22nd annual Lawrence County CROP walk to fight hunger is Sunday in St Francisville. The affair begins at the firehouse at 2 p.m. with registration at 1 p.m. The CROP walk is sponsored by Church

Two people suspected in the breakin of a vacant residence in the rural Allendale area of Wabash County were taken into custody here in Lawrence County. Authorities say the arrests were made in

The three Indiana men charged in connection with the late July armed robbery of the Verizon Wireless store in Mt Carmel have pled not guilty in federal court this week. 18 year old Latrell Coe, 18

Lawrenceville Police Friday arrested 31 year old Whitney Morris of Bridgeport for Theft Exceeding $500. No other details regarding the arrest were given in the report. She was booked into the

Lawrence County States Attorney Michael Strange has announced that on Friday 30 year old James Taylor of East St Louis pled guilty to a charge of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, a Class 2

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education met in regular session Thursday night in Bridgeport.  After holding a public hearing, they moved to adopt a fiscal year 2019-20 budget of around $3.3

The City of Lawrenceville has announced that it will be flushing the water distribution lines in the city starting next week and continuing throughout the entire week. Water department officials

Good ecomonic news for Southeastern Illinois. Unemployment rates from July to August dropped according to figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The jobless rate in

Those three Indianapolis area men who were arrested for the late July robbery of the Verizon Wireless store in Mt Carmel have now been indicted by a federal jury. Reports out of Wabash County

Lawrenceville Police have completed investigation into a recent single vehicle accident which occured on the US 50 offramp. Reports indicate that a 2015 Jeep being driven by Terry Legg of Sumner