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The Illinois Enterprise Zone Board has approved 14 applications to establish or renew enterprise zones across the state. Enterprise zones encourage job growth and investment in economically

Lawrenceville Police Tuesday arrested 29 year old Coty Parson of Lawrenceville for aggravated domestic battery. He also was wanted for failure to appear in court and on a Department of Corrections

A Sikeston Missouri truck driver was sentenced to prison this week in Clay County Illinois for his involvement in a traffic crash in Flora in which two Richland County men were killed. 64 year old

The Vincennes Board of Works and Safety has approved an agreement with the Indiana Department of transportation for use of some excess project money for the reconstruction of three city railroad

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Monday arrested 36 year old Lamont Hall of Lawrenceville for failure to appear in court for arraignment. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was

The man charged with the death of a Crawford County woman was sentenced Monday. Jason Strawbridge was given 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for first degree murder. He was

Farmers in Lawrence County and the surrounding area in Illinois may apply for Harvest Season Permits beginning on Sunday September first. That according to the Illinois Farm Bureau Department of

Four people were arrested and charged during a joint saturation patrol this past weekend in Knox County Indiana. Vincennes Police, the Knox County Sheriffs Department, and Indiana State Police were

Dignitaries from both Vincennes and Lawrenceville including Mayors Joe Yochum and Don Wagner respectively were part of the ribbon-cutting Friday evening for the new pilot licensing and training

55 year old Robert Baldwin of Vincennes was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison for the murder of his five year old son. That sentence was handed down during a hearing in Knox Circuit Court.