WAKO News

It is Election Day across the nation. Locally Lawrence County voters will be heading to the polls to vote on a few contested local and district races along with some local and state ballot

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,222 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 20 deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department was notified of 14 Lawrence County

Lawrenceville Police recently made two arrests for Domestic Battery. Both 46 year old Christopher Carie of Lawrenceville and 43 year old Shannon Daugherty were charged with the offense. Both were

An area man was sentenced to 8 and 1/2 years in prison after his conviction in Effingham County of Concealment of a Homicidal Death. 37 year old Aaron Kaiser of Beecher City was given credit for

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that there were 21,822 new cases of coronavirus across the state from Friday through Sunday this past weekend with 117 additional deaths. The

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department made three arrests over the weekend. 28 year old Kenneth Duncan of Lawrenceville was charged with Failure to Appear in Court. He was taken to the

Tragedy in Knox County Indiana this past weekend as a Vincennes man was killed after being hit by a Sheriff’s Department vehicle Saturday night. Indiana State Police report they were called

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzger and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced that COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will be started in Region 6-East-Central Illinois beginning at 12:01

Halloween weekend is here and here is a reminder of the local trick-or-treat hours………………………..Vincennes- Fri and Sat 5 till 8 p.m. Eastern

Olney Central College has announced that it is ready for the startup of it’s new Welding and Fabrication Associate Degree program next fall with the completion of a new state-of-the-art lab