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Christina Ernst has been named the 2018 recipient of the Walter A. Davis Memorial Citation for Service by the Vincennes University Alumni Association. Ernst is the chief executive officer of Miller

   A Bridgeport woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Lawrence County Saturday evening. Kimberle Pitcock was driving east on County Road 950 North when she went off the north side of

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Lawrenceville man for possessing child pornography over the weekend. Sheriff’s deputies took 48 year-old Charles DeLong Junior into custody

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Two people were injured in a four-wheeler accident that occurred in Jasper County over the weekend. Illinois State Police say the accident occurred on Jasper County Road 2150 East five miles

   The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library received a sizable memorial donation over the weekend. The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library received a $50,000 donation from the estate of

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Bridgeport man for drug possession following a traffic stop Friday. Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle driven by 33 year-old Adam Fox. Fox was

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   Fire damaged a Lawrenceville house trailer Friday morning. Three units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District, along with the Bridgeport Fire Protection District, were called out to

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   A man walked into South Knox Middle School walked around the halls then left the building and drove away. That happened on Thursday, and authorities released video