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Dignitaries from both Vincennes and Lawrenceville including Mayors Joe Yochum and Don Wagner respectively were part of the ribbon-cutting Friday evening for the new pilot licensing and training

55 year old Robert Baldwin of Vincennes was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison for the murder of his five year old son. That sentence was handed down during a hearing in Knox Circuit Court.

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education met Thursday and did approve a tenative fiscal year 2020 budget. Superintedent Jakie Walker characterized the budget as being balanced. It will be placed on

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has issued unemployment rates for July in southeastern Illinois. Figures indicate that joblessness rose from June to July in Lawrence County. The rate

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department early Friday arrested 33 year old Lekevin Baker of Lawrenceville on a charge of domestic battery. Baker was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was

Lawrenceville Police have completed their investigation of a two vehicle accident earlier this week. The mishap occured late Wednesday afternoon about 5:30 at the intersection of State and 15th

Illinois State Police at Effingham report an Olney man was killed in a three vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Illinois Route 130 in Richland County. 81 year old Jesse Bromm was traveling south

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board Of Education met Wednesday and did approve an increase in bus driver rates for extra-curricular trips this year up to $12.50 an hour. They approved the adoption of a

The Lawrence County Board met in regular monthly session Wednesday at the Lawrence County Courthouse and approved the low bid of Allendale Gravel Company of around $368,000 for construction of a

Published reports indicate that charges have now been filed in connection with the death of a Bridgeport man who was fatally struck by a vehicle while laying on a road near Billett earlier this