WAKO News

Lawrence County Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three year accreditation in mammography after a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The medical facility received the ACR

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 1,884,744 cases of coronavirus across the state with 26,801 deaths since the pandemic began. The Lawrence County Health Department

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department took into custody over the weekend a wanted out of state man. 40 year old Dustin Yarbrough of Florala Alabama was picked up in Alabama on a Probation

The City of Bridgeport has lifted its boil order. City officials informing WAKO that the boil order was rescinded on Saturday.

Petrolia Water District officials have informed WAKO that the two boil orders issued Tuesday have now been lifted as of Friday.

Vincennes city officials have announced that the Downtown Parade of Lights scheduled for Friday December 10th has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather and public safety. It has been

Friday December 10th is a big day for the Lawrence Public Library. The facility located at 814 12th Street in Lawrenceville is celebrating 100 years of service starting that day with an open house

The Lawrenceville City Council met Thursday evening in regular session and took actions to improve the infrastructure and to land grant money for a planned downtown pavilion. They approved a

Lawrence County Memorial Hospital has announced that Shana Strange is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the medical institution in Lawrenceville. Strange is a Lawrenceville native and

Lawrenceville Police chief Jim White has released his departmental activity report for November. The department received 350 requests for an officer during the month. They were involved with 12