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The Illinois Eastern Community College Board of Trustees met Tuesday at Wabash Valley College in Mt Carmel and approved updated COVID-19 protocols for the district. The new guidelines recommend but

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday evening at Lawrenceville High School and were updated by school administrators and Superintendent Doug Daugherty on the first day of the new

The Lawrence County Board has a new member. During it’s regular monthly session Wednesday at the Lawrence County Courthouse, the board approved the appointment of Jordan Feutz of Bridgeport

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,833 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 46 additional deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, there have been 1,474,285

A Jasper County man was killed in a single vehicle accident Wednesday morning up in Cumberland County. Illinois State Police report that around 6:10 a.m. a 2006 Ford Expedition being driven by 33

Authorities in Indiana have now identified the body of a male subject discovered dead in the Wabash River in Knox County this past weekend. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources reports that

The Lawrence Public Library Board of Trustees met Tuesday evening in regular session at the library in downtown Lawrenceville. They approved upon recommendation of the personnel committee employee

School returned in Lawrence County Wednesday as both Units 10 and 20 welcomed back students after the summer break. Local and area law enforcement authorities along with school officials urge

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested a wanted out of state man Tuesday. Taken into custody was 39 year old Bobby Baughn of Batesville Arkansas for Failure to Appear in Court. He was

The Indiana State Police have now confirmed that the male subject found deceased Monday in a vehicle in Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana is that of 56 year old Tracy Lee Tackett. He was the