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The St Francisville City Council got together in special session Thursday evening and took action on a major bridge construction project. They voted to accept the low bid and passed a resolution

The Sumner City Council met in special session Thursday evening and after a long discussion, voted 4-3 to move forward with building a new approximately $1.2 million City Hall at 224 South Christy

With Independence Day falling on a Tuesday in 2023, law enforcement in both Illinois and Indiana will be mobilizing to look for impaired drivers during this upcoming weekend prior to the holiday.

It will be back into the oven for the region Friday and Saturday weatherwise. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Heat Advisory and Air Quality Alert for the entire WAKO listening area

The National Weather Service (NWS) says that both southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana were hit hard by multiple rounds of severe weather Thursday with the strongest systems hitting

WAKO News has been informed Thursday afternoon by the four county fire chiefs-Rick Leighty (Bridgeport), John Phipps (Denison), Virgil Potts (Lawrence-Allison) and Brent Perrott (Christy) along

The upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend will be a hot and steamy one. The National Weather Service and the Environmental Protection Agency says that another air quality alert has been issued

Trial date has been set in Knox County Indiana for the Florida man accused in the death of his daughter this past weekend in Vincennes. 63 year old Fritzner Antoine of Kissimmee Florida is charged

A  wanted rural Lawrence County man was picked up on an out of state Indiana warrant. Taken into custody by the Lawrence County Sheriffs Department was 46 year old Christopher May on a Knox County

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