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A small but exuberent crowd gathered Sunday afternoon on the Lawrence County Courthouse Square for the Lawrence County Coalition for Change Black Lives Matter racial injustice protest. The affair

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 47 year old Billy Kocher of Bridgeport on a federal warrant. No other arrest details were given. He was being held without bond in the

The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission met in regular session Thursday at City Hall and recieved a recommendation from city engineer John Sprague that a roundabout be used as part of the overall

Illinois State Librarian and Secretary of State Jesse White has announced the awarding of Fiscal Year 2020 Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid grants to 638 public libraries across the

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate for the state fell 2 percentage points to 15.2% in May based on preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of

The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced that there were 593 new cases of coronavirus Thursday across the state with 55 additional deaths. Those totals bring to 134,778 cases of the

Anyone wishing to express their support against racial injustice and prejudice locally and nationally is invited to Lawrenceville Sunday. The local group Lawrence County Coalition for Change is

Vincennes University is preparing for the return of students to its campuses in August for face-to-face instruction with appropriate health safety measures in place. Changes to the university

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Board met Wednesday at the Port in Bridgeport for it’s first in-person session since February due to the pandemic. Executive Director Paige Harvey told

The Lawrence County Board met in regular session Wednesday and recieved information from Chairman Jim Brewer that the county is still under an emergency health declaration. That means that the