WAKO News

   Indiana State Police say an autopsy determined that the death of a woman whose body was found over the weekend in the Wabash River in western Indiana was consistent with drowning. Police say

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   The Lawrence Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session Tuesday night. Following an executive session, the Library Board moved to sell an oil painting by TC Steele that was found

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Vincennes man for burglary Monday. 37 year-old Dustin Yarborough was also found to be wanted for failing to appear for a court review. Yarborough was

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   A judge has set bond at $500,000 for a 32-year-old man charged with shooting five people outside an Evansville bar. John Perteet was arrested on preliminary charges including aggravated

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   Lynn and Stanley Stephens of the Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter will be the featured speakers at the next meeting of the Lawrence County Historical Society on Monday at 7 pm at the

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   A single-vehicle accident occurred in Lawrenceville Friday afternoon. Michael McDaniel of Buchanan, Tennessee was pulling a Utility Trailer in the 1400 block of Charles Street when he

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   Several law enforcement agencies are searching for an escaped inmate in Wayne County, Illinois.    The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Fairfield Police Department and US Marshall

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   A Knox County man was jailed in Washington for False Informing, Possession of Stolen Property, Fraud and Identity Deception.  41-year-old Douglas Raley of Vincennes was booked into