WAKO News

St Francisville Police Saturday arrested 38 year old Mariea Tate of Lawrenceville for Possession of Methamphetamine (less than 5 grams). She was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and later released

St Francisville Mayor Danny Lynn has informed WAKO News that a boil order continues till further notice for the city. The boil order was issued Sunday.

Lawrence County will celebrate it’s 200 anniversary this Fourth of July weekend with several days of activities countywide planned by the Chamber of Commerce. They start Friday July 2nd with

The Maxine Spitler Foundation has announced the awarding of grants totalling over $34,500 to 13 applicants from Lawrence and Jasper Counties for funding of their projects. Among the recipients in

The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshall reminds Lawrence County and other area residents about fireworks regulations. Approved consumer fireworks are handled by the OSFM and may be purchased

The Gibson County Indiana Sheriffs Department arrested a southeastern Illinois man for excessive speeding on US 41 this week. Authorities there say that 21 year old Jerry Gower of West Union was

Firefighters were called out early Friday to a residential fire in northern Knox County Indiana. They were dispatched around 3 a.m. EDT to a West 2nd Street location in Oaktown. No other details

Lawrenceville Police made 2 arrests early Friday. 33 year old Eric Seibel of Elnora Indiana was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine and Obstruction of Justice. He was booked into the

The Illinois Secretary of State has announced this week that expiration dates for drivers licenses and ID cards in Lawrence and surrounding counties have been extended an additional 5 months-from

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources indicates there have now been reports of sick and dying birds in southwester Indiana. Those reports this week were from Vanderburgh and Gibson Counties.