WAKO News

The Collaborative Interprofessional Education (CIE) Department at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes was recently awarded the Partnership Matters Award from the Southwest Indiana Area Health

The 2021 Jasper County Fair has a new queen. She is 17 year old Alivia Huddleston of Newton. She was selected from among contestants at the annual Queen Pagaent Monday at the fairgrounds in Newton.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritxger has signed a bill into law further expanding access to voting for Illinoisians. The legislation increases curbside voting, establishes permanent vote by mail

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported only 185 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday along with only 4 deaths statewide. There were no new case reports for Monday by the Lawrence

Authorities in Knox County Indiana are looking into the circumstances surrounding an accident Monday evening in which one man was seriously hurt. Initials reports indicate the mishap occurred

Two men including a Lawrence County resident were arrested early Tuesday morning on multiple charges in Vincennes. Vincennes Police report that at around 2 a.m. EDT, 27 year old Skylar Clymer of

Lawrenceville Police Monday arrested 40 year old Jeramy Moore of St Francisville for Failure to Appear (Review). He was also wanted on a Knox County Indiana warrant. Moore was taken to the Lawrence

It is county fair season in southeastern Illinois and one of the first to get underway is the 150th Jasper County Fair in Newton. It began it’s run Sunday and will continue through this

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding Lawrence County and other area agriculture producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after planting to make an appointment with

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested a wanted Indiana man this past weekend. Taken into custody was 29 year old John Fry of Vincennes on an warrant from Knox County. He was taken to the