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The Lawrence County Board met in special session Monday afternoon at the Lawrence County Courthouse and took some fiscal action. After a public hearing, they approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Tax Levy

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,322 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Monday-less than in previous days. There were 47 additional deaths. The

Vincennes City firefighters were mobilized to an electrical transformer fire. Crews were dispatched to a Duke Energy power pole in the 900 block of Shelby Street and discovered smoke and flames

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced it will host three public meetings early next month to discuss the ongoing effort to update the State Water Plan. The live question and

More than half of the bankers surveyed in rural parts of 10 Plains and Midwestern states are forecasting a drop in holiday retail sales this year compared to 2019 as the coronavirus pandemic

Bridgeport Police Saturday arrested 30 year old Zachary Riggs of Sumner on a charge of Probation Violation. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held on $30,000 bond. Vincennes

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that there were 34,915 new and probable cases of coronavirus disease across the state this past weekend-Friday through Sunday with 328 additional

Eastern Illinois University students will transition to online-only learning after Thanksgiving next week. University officials with the school in Charleston announced that decision this week out

Lawrence Unit #20 Superintendent Doug Daugherty says that the district will remain in all remote learning only through Friday December 18th due to COVID-19 concerns within the school system. That

The Red Hill Unit #10 Board of Education met in regular session Thursday night and were updated by Superintendent Jakie Walker on the district return to remote learning. Walker said that the