WAKO News

Tolls for the Wabash Cannonball Bridge at St Francisville will increase starting October First. The City Council made that known at their regular monthly session Wednesday. The tolls were upped in

The Knox County Indiana Council will begin working Thursday to form it’s fiscal year 2020 budget. They heard budgetary requests from each department head on Tuesday and Wednesday and will now

Lawrenceville Police arrested two people Wednesday. Taken into custody were 61 year old Henry Arce and 36 year old Nereida Gonzalez both of Lawrenceville. Arce was charged with Battery and was

Three units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District along with personnel from the Bridgeport Fire Department were called out Thursday to a residential garage fire in rural Lawrenceville.

The 57th annual Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce sponsored Fall Festival begins its four day run Wednesday around the courthouse square in downtown Lawrenceville. The event features carnival

The City of Bridgeport is in good financial shape. That assessment of the city finances was made by Curt Bensen of Kemper CPA in the annual fiscal year audit report to the City Council Tuesday

The Bi-State Authority Board of Directors met at the Mid-American Air Center northeast of Lawrenceville Tuesday evening. Airport manager Kurt Schwartz reported that the airport would be seeking

An 18 year old Indianapolis teen charged in connection with the armed robbery of the Verizon Wireless store in Mt Carmel in July was in court Tuesday. Latrell Coe appeared in Wabash County Court

The Illinois State Police out of District 12 in Effingham have announced they will be conducting Nightime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Lawrence and Richland Counties through the end of September.

The Vincennes City Fire Department was called out early Wednesday morning to a structure fire. Units were dispatched around 12:30 a.m. Eastern time to the fire location at 9th and Seminary Streets.