WAKO News

Lawrenceville Police Tuesday arrested a local man on multiple charges. 58 year old Robert Bledsoe of Lawrenceville was picked up on 10 counts of Child Pornography. No other details surrounding the

Vincennes University has announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment to fund programs that strengthen workforce development and dual credit career and technical

The Vincennes City Council has approved on first reading an ordinance for it’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget. The approximately $15.6 million spending plan was formulated after hearings were held

Knox County Indiana is now under a burn ban. Late last week the County Commissioners declared a state of emergency due to the extremely dry conditions due to a lack of rain. The declaration states

Republican President Donald Trump and his challenger Democrat Joe Biden are set to face off Tuesday night in the first of three presidential debates at Case Western University in Cleveland Ohio.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,709 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 13 additional deaths. Two of those deaths were in the area-a male in his 70s from

A wanted Knox County Indiana man was taken into custody here in Lawrence County Monday. 47 year old Joesph Horrall of Bruceville was being sought by the Lawrence County Sheriffs Department for

An area man wanted in both Illinois and Indiana was captured Monday morning. The Sullivan County Indiana Sheriffs Department reports that 21 year old Dalton Hood of West York Illinois was arrested

The name of the West Salem Illinois man killed in a weekend traffic accident in Wayne County has now been released. Authorities say he is 69 year old Steven Houchin. Police say that Houchin was

Unemployment rates from July to August have improved in southeastern Illinois as the overall state economy grows stronger. That according to figures released for Lawrence County and surrounding