WAKO News

The Illinois Eastern Community College Board of Trustees approved a tentative budget Tuesday and scheduled a public hearing on it for Tuesday September 15th at Wabash Valley College in Mt Carmel.

The Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday, it’s first get together since the new school year began last week. Superintendent Doug Daugherty reported that the start has gone well with both

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce is making preparations to celebrate a milestone in it’s history. Executive Director Paige Harvey reported to the Chamber Board of Directors Wednesday

The Lawrence County Board Wednesday took a step toward more economic development for the county as they approved the sale of a close to 4.5 acre subdivision plat parcel of land in the Lawrenceville

The Knox County Indiana Department of Health reports more spread of COVID-19. The number of confirmed positive cases is now up to 211 as of Thursday with 50 of those cases still active. There have

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there were 2,295 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 25 more deaths. There were 2 more cases in Lawrence County with

Lawrenceville Police reported that 28 year old John Koonce of Lawrenceville was arrested on Wednesday. He was charged with Failure to Appear in Court (Sentencing). Koonce was booked into the

Allendale Superintendent Bob Bowser has issued a statement declaring that his district will move to all remote learning effective Wednesday August 19th. Bowser indicated that the decision was made

Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum has informed WAKO News of a pending city street closing. Chestnut Street from Indianapolis Avenue to St Clair Street will be closed Thursday and Friday due to an

The Lawrence Public Library Board dealt with fiscal matters Tuesday night at their August monthly session at the library in downtown Lawrenceville. They discussed and gave preliminary approval of