WAKO News

Illinois state and local police will be ramping up road safety enforcement through the New Years holiday period.  “Buckle Up, Drive Sober and Don’t Text and Drive” is the theme

Two Richland County women were killed over the weekend when a truck hit an Olney nightspot Saturday night. Illinois State Police report that around 7:50 p.m. a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado being driven

One man was killed and two others injured in a two vehicle accident Sunday morning in Knox County Indiana. The sheriffs department reports that a pickup truck being driven by 50 year old Scot

The Good Samaritan Hospital Board of Governors met Tuesday evening for the final time in 2020 and did approve a fiscal 2021 budget for the medical institution in Vincennes. Chief Financial Officer

Reports out of Sangamon County indicate that Judge Raylene Grischow has vacated the decisions by Clay County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney in the lawsuit brought by 109th District State

The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday reported 6,239 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state with 116 additional deaths. 2 of those deaths occuring in

Illinois State Police report that a Richland County man was hurt in a single vehicle accident on the St Marie Road in Jasper County Tuesday night. Around 9:45 p.m. a 1999 Dodge being driven by 63

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department took a wanted southwestern Indiana man into custody Tuesday. 31 year old Matthew Mattingly of Huntingburg was wanted in Dubois County Indiana and was being

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for the entire WAKO listening area until 10 p.m. Wednesday. South to southwest winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour with some gusts up to 45

Vincennes University has announced Bob Wisler as the school’s new Chief Information Officer and Director of the Management Information Center. Wisler is an Anderson Indiana native who comes