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The Bridgeport City Council met in regular session Tuesday at City Hall. Mayor Michael Crask reported that the city is dealing with problems at it’s sewage lagoon. The new pumps are

The Bi-State Authority which governs the Mid-American Air Center located northeast of Lawrenceville met in regular session in the airport terminal board room Tuesday. Airport manager Kurt Schwartz

241 Indiana cities, towns and counties will recieve a combined $401 million in state matching funds for local road projects through the Community Crossings Next Level Roads program. To qualify,

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,910 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 145 more deaths. Overall since the pandemic began there have been 804,174

A rescheduled video pretrial hearing was held Tuesday for 25 year old Brodey Murbarger of Evansville formerly of Fairfield. Murbarger has pled not guilty to three counts of First Degree Murder in

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested a wanted local man Tuesday. Reports indicate that 44 year old Jesse Boatright of Lawrenceville was charged with Failure to Appear in Court. He was

Three Knox County Indiana residents are now in custody suspected of being involved in multiple incidents of armed robbery in southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. Indiana State Police

A Knox County fire chief has been named to a state standards board. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb recently announced that Vincennes Township Fire Chief Tim Smith was appointed to a position on the

The Lawrence County Board held it’s reorganizational meeting Monday at the Lawrence County courthouse. Jim Brewer was re-elected to another 2 year term as board chairman and Tom Robinson was

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 8,691 confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 90 more deaths. Overall there have been 796,264 cases and 13,343