WAKO News

LOCAL ARRESTS

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department made multiple arrests over the past weekend. Taken into custody Saturday were 32 year old Samuel Inman of Lawrenceville charged with Aggravated Battery and

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WANTED FUGITIVE CAPTURED

A wanted fugitive was captured late last week in southeastern Illinois.  Friday, units of the Jasper County and Richland County Sheriffs Departments made a stop on a stolen vehicle in the Willow

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INDIANA ATV FATAL CRASH

One man was killed in an off road All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) crash over the weekend in southwestern Indiana. The Sullivan County Sheriffs Department reports the fatal mishap occured around 4 p.m.

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 3,122 new cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 19 new deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, there have been 1,727,634 cases

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LCMH CONSTRUCTION

Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville is asking people to avoid using the hospital State Street entrance in order to travel through the grounds to Lexington Avenue on the opposite side

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