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LOCAL ARRESTS

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Wednesday took 49 year old Gale Alspach of Palestine into custody. He was wanted on a Lawrence County warrant for Probation Violation and also for Failure to

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LAWRENCEVILLE ACCIDENT

Two people were injured with one hospitalized after a two vehicle collision Wednesday morning at the intersection of 12th Street and Lexington Avenue in Lawrenceville. City police report that just

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,068 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday along with 78 new deaths.  There have now been a total of 1,861,254 cases of the disease and

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