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Richland County Second Circuit Judge Larry Dunn has announced he will retire from the bench in December of 2020. Dunn who is a Richland County native was first appointed as Resident Judge by the

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources arrested a Lawrence County man Sunday. Taken into custody was 47 year old Bobby Smith of Lawrenceville. He was charged with Failure to Register As a Sex

The Illinois unemployment rate hit a historic low last month. The jobless rate for September dropped to 3.9% a new record for the state. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says a main

The Wabash County Sheriffs Department says that two wanted fugitives have been captured in North Carolina. Both 36 year old Anthony Harms and 47 year old Jason Groves were arrested this week by the

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department made 2 arrests Friday. 37 year old Mellissa Doyle of Bridgeport was taken into custody for Probation Violation. She was booked into the Lawrence County Jail

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education met Thursday evening in Bridgeport. They heard a report on a program in which some Red Hill High School students were getting a jump on their college

Lawrenceville Police investigated a three vehicle accident in the 1200 block of State Street. The mishap involved a 1997 Ford F-150 Truck whose driver was Jeffrey Maddon of Mt Carmel, a parked 2015

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested a wanted Chicago man. 40 year old Leonardo Gonzales was wanted on an out of state warrant from Texas and was being held without bond in the Lawrence

Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District along with the Bridgeport Fire District were dispatched early Friday to a residential garage and vehicle fire in rural Lawrenceville. 

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday night and approved beginning the state-mandated process of forming district threat assessment teams. Those teams would be in each building in