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A Lawrence County man was found guilty of 3 sex crime counts by a Wabash County jury Thursday. They were out about 1 1/2 hours before returning the verdicts against 59 year old Glen Howder of

Lawrence County States Attorney Michael Strange has announced that 3 people were sentenced to prison this week in Lawrence County Circuit Court. 69 year old Fredeal Truidalle of Pickneyville

The Sumner City Council will meet in a special session early next week. They were unable to conduct business at their regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday due to a lack of a quorum. The special

The St Francisville City Council met Wednesday evening and continued discussions on the startup of the water meter replacement project. They voted to use $22,000 of their COVID Relief Funding to

Governor J.B. Pritzger and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Wednesday announced that a fifth $250 million installment of the Rebuild Illinois capital program is being made to

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,634 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with an additional 32 deaths. There was only 1 positive case Wednesday in Lawrence County

Illinois State Police at Carmi report the death of a Wayne County woman in a two vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say that an SUV being driven by 68 year old Kathy Richardson of

Bridgeport Police report the arrest of 25 year old Cody Croslow of Sumner Wednesday. He has been charged with Residential Burglary. No other details were given in the arrest report. Croslow was

Illinois State Police say that a southeastern Illinois man has now been charged in connection with the death of a Clay County woman late last year. In November of 2021, the ISP Division of Criminal

The Knox County Indiana Council met Tuesday and voted 6-1 to implement a 1/2 of a percent Local Income Tax (LIT). The tax would be used to help subsidize county ambulance service in the future and