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The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission met Thursday and were updated by city engineer John Sprague on Phase 2 and 3 of the Main Street project. Phase 2 from Kimmell Point to Sievers Road and Phase

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education welcomed a new administrator Thursday. They voted to hire Casey Strange as Red Hill Junior/Senior High School Assistant Principal. She will begin her new

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,325 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 34 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department indicates there was

Bridgeport Police Thursday arrested 52 year old Robert Parker of Bridgeport on a Domestic Battery charge. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held pending the setting of bond.

The National Weather Service has now issued Flood Warnings for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville along with parts of the White and Wabash Rivers. The rivers are on the rise due to extensive

It will be next month before Lincoln Trail College near Robinson has a new President. The Illinois Eastern Community College Board met in Olney Tuesday and announced they now intend to formally

Over $1.6 million dollars will be available to the Lawrence Unit 20 District through federal and state COVID relief funds. The money, according to Superintendent Doug Daugherty, can be used for any

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors was on the move Wednesday visiting Griffin’s Pizza House in Bridgeport for their monthly meeting. The members participated in a

The Lawrence County Board held a public hearing Wednesday after their regular session at the county courthouse on the over $400,000 Community Development Block Grant obtained for water system

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,655 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 17 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department says that there