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With another farm harvest season upon us, the Illinois Department of Agriculture is reminding all Lawrence County and area farm workers to stay safe. This is National Farm Safety and Health Week

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a total of 1,590, 342 cases of coronavirus across the state with 24,546 deaths since the pandemic began. According to the most recent Lawrence

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Saturday arrested 37 year old Christopher Lockhart of Lawrenceville on a charge of Escape. No other details surrounding the arrest were given in the report.

Authorities in southwest Indiana have released the name of a sheriffs deputy wounded and hospitalized in a shooting incident in New Harmony over the weekend. The Posey County Indiana Sheriffs

Lawrenceville Police are continuing to look into a two vehicle hit and run incident Saturday evening on Lexington Avenue west of 9th Street. Reports indicate that at about 8:10 p.m. a parked and

A Lawrence County woman was one of two people killed in a two vehicle accident Saturday evening in Richland County. Illinois State Police report that at around 8:20 p.m. a 1996 Sierra being driven

Friday is day three of the four day run of the 58th annual Lawrence County Fall Festival being held on the downtown Lawrence County Courthouse square in Lawrenceville. It is sponsored by the

Chad Groves has been named by Olney Central College as the Director of Instructional Support Services, overseeing the Academic Success Center and the Anderson Library. Groves is a native of Olney

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has announced that the state unemployment rate for August has dropped .1 percentage point to 7% in August.  That is based on preliminary data from

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,952 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 40 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department reported 17