WAKO News

Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum’s office has announced that beginning Wednesday April 20th, crews with Wabash Utilities will have Sievers Road closed at Main Street to allow for continued work on

The Illinois State Police District 12 based in Effingham has announced that it will be conducting Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Lawrence and neighboring Richland County along

The Bridgeport City Council is scheduled to meet in special session this week. City officials indicate that the council will get together Tuesday April 19th at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Bridgeport.

Some good economic news for the state of Illinois. The statewide unemployment rate was down in March. March was the 23rd month in a row that the jobless rate fell dropping from 4.8% to 4.7%.

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is continuing to warn of rising COVID cases in some areas of the state. Last Friday the IDPH reported 14,049 new cases and 45 deaths across the state

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested a wanted local man on multiple charges. Taken into custody was 26 year old Kaleb Goodwin of St Francisville in St Francisville. He was wanted

The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Watch for the entire WAKO listening area from late Monday night until early Tuesday morning. The NWS is forecasting temperatures to drop during that

The City of St Francisville announced this week that Friday May 13th will be the day for the annual City Wide Cleanup.  Items that will not be taken in the cleanup are paints, varnishes and

Earth Day is coming up next Friday April 22nd and in an effort to help keep it clean, an organized volunteer trash cleanup day is being organized in the St Francisville area on that day. It will

Lawrenceville Police Chief Jim White has issued his departmental monthly activity report for March. During the month, police recieved 325 requests for an officer. They were involved in 12 drug