WAKO News

Roy Inglis, who founded the Vincennes Youth Soccer Association, will be honored this weekend with the N. Phillip Shelton Humanitarian Award, presented by the Vincennes Kiwanis Club in association

The Indiana Historical Society announced its Founders Day Award winners this week and the Lawrence County Illinois Historical Society was the recipient of an Indiana History Outstanding 

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Thursday arrested 38 year old Kyle Gosnell of Lawrenceville on a charge of Probation Violation. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being

A Carlisle Indiana woman was sentenced Thursday in the shooting death of her ex-husband. 67 year old Susan Jane Brown was given 17 and 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to Voluntary

The Red Hill Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter has received a high honor. They were named as a Premier Chapter in Building Communities at the recent 5th General Session of the 94th National

The city of Vincennes has announced that the 2021 curbside leaf pickup schedule begins next week. It is scheduled to start Monday November 8th through Wednesday November 10th with week one pickups

Lawrenceville Mayor David Courtney has informed WAKO News that the city will celebrate the Veterans Day holiday next Thursday November the 11th. As a result, the regular monthly city council

Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham have announced that they will be conducting Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (O.R.E.P.) in Lawrence and neighboring Crawford County in

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Wednesday arrested 27 year old Scott Harvey of Vincennes for Failure to Appear in Court. He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and released with a Notice

The United States Navy has announced that a local man recently completed an intensive 10 week training program to become a member of the elite U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Fireman Christopher Tipton of