WAKO News

The new Crawford County Recreation Center project is moving forward. The Illinois Eastern Community College Board of Trustees approved the work in May. It is now in the pre-construction process.

The Knox County Indiana Council this week approved a 10 year tax abatement plan with Origis Energy in regard to the building of it’s planned new solar power plant near Wheatland. The company

The Vincennes Police Department is looking to become fully staffed in the future. New Police Chief Jon Hillenbrand reported to the Board of Works and Safety this week that the department is down 6

The City of Lawrenceville has announced it is accepting applications for potential full time office and labor positions in the future. Those who apply will be placed in a hiring pool to be used in

Fire extensively damaged a Vincennes residence late Tuesday night. Vincennes city and township firefighters were called out around 11 p.m. EDT to the fire location at 1322 Locust Street and arrived

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Tuesday arrested 20 year old Dalton Mattingly of Robinson for Probation Violation. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held on $3000

The Vincennes Board of Works and Safety Monday took three bids for work on the Pantheon Theatre under advisement for further study and review. The bids from Arc Construction, Danko Construction and

55th District Republican State Senator Darren Bailey has responded to the action by the Illinois State Board of Education last week to place the Red Hill Unit #10 School Districton on probation for

Reports out of neighboring Wabash County indicate that preliminary hearing has been set for the southern Illinois man who lead area authorities on a multi-county chase and manhunt which ended with

Unemployment levels dropped from April to May in southeastern Illinois according to figures released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Workforce