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ISBE PROBATION LIST

Reports indicate that the Illinois State Board of Education has updated its list of schools on probation with the organization with no schools now listed. Schools previously on the list are now on

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LOCAL ARRESTS

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department is holding a wanted out of state man. Taken into custody Monday was 53 year old Charles Richardville of Dunnellan Florida for Failure to Appear (Compliance).

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 1,695,524 cases of coronavirus with 25,771 deaths across the state since the pandemic began. The Lawrence County Health Department

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LAWRENCE COUNTY ARRESTS

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 33 year old Jarvis Green of rural Lawrenceville on a charge of Assault. No other arrest details were given. Green was taken to the Lawrence

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UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS

The Illinois economy continues to improve from the pandemic with the state unemployment rate dropping from August to September and many counties in southeastern Illinois also saw drops in their

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