WAKO News

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 24,423 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 79 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department reported 26 cases Tuesday and

The National Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of accumulating snowfall for the WAKO listening area late Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon. A system is being watched that

15th District Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller formally announced this week that she will seek a second term in office in Washington D.C. The Oakland Illinois resident will look to be

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 20,866 cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 30 more deaths as cases continue to climb. Locally, the Lawrence County Health Department

Vincennes Police report the arrest of a local woman alledgedly involved in a counterfeiting scheme. 24 year old Araka Combs of Vincennes was taken into custody Monday night after investigation by

It was a sad and somber day in Wayne County Illinois Tuesday as one of the county’s law enforcement brethren was laid to rest. 38 year old Wayne County Sheriffs Deputy Sean Riley was killed

The Good Samaritan Hospital Board of Governors met for the final time in 2021 last week and were updated on the past year and presented a 2022 fiscal year budget and overview by the Executive Care

The Illinois Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 2,149,548 cases of coronavirus and 27,821 deaths across the state since the pandemic began. There were 14 positive cases

Late last week, 40 year old Ray Tate Jr of Hopkinsville Kentucky appeared via Zoom in Wayne County Circuit Court from the Clinton County Ill Jail and was formally charged with First Degree Murder

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department late last week arrested 25 year old Kristopher Newberry of Lawrenceville on a charge of Domestic Battery. He was being held pending bond in the Lawrence