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The Illinois State Board of Higher Education this week released it’s updated COVID-19 guidance for colleges and universities this fall. The goal of the guidelines is to make a safe transition

109th District Republican State Representative Adam Niemerg was in Lawrence County recently to honor and recognize a southern Lawrence County woman. Alberta Andrews of St Francisville was the

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has announced the winners in three commodity board elections earlier in the month. Producers across the state voted on Wednesday July 7th for candidates with

The National Weather Service has continued the Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Thursday evening. The river Wednesday was at 31.3 feet and slowly falling. It is still

The Sumner City Council meeting in special session at City Hall Tuesday evening approved the purchase of a downtown building for city department storage and potential office use. The move was made

The Lawrence Public Library is seeing more usage. That according to a report made Tuesday evening to the Board of Trustees by Library Director and Head Librarian Diane Brumley. She indicated that

The 2021 Miss Knox County Fair Queen is Rayne Held of Freelandville. She was selected from among 8 candidates vying for the crown Monday evening at the VU Pavilion at the fairgrounds in Bicknell.

The National Weather Service has continued the Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Wednesday. The river Tuesday was at 31.5 feet and falling. The river had been high due to

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department took into custody Monday 45 year old Gary Reeves of Lawrenceville on a Knox County Indiana warrant. He was being held without bond in the Lawrence County

Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District assisted by the Vincennes Township Fire Department and other agencies responded to a structure fire in Lawrenceville Monday morning. They were