WAKO News

The Indiana Department of Conservation has announced that as the result of a 6 month long multi-state poaching investigation, 4 juveniles from Mt Carmel in Wabash County Illinois have had

The National Weather Service is continuing a Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Tuesday afternoon. The river Monday morning was at 31.2 feet, over a foot above it’s

The 2021 Knox County Fair begins this weekend. It gets underway Saturday and Sunday with two evenings of rodeo at the fairgrounds in Bicknell. There is an admission fee for children ages 5 and up

The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission met Thursday and recieved an update from City Engineer John Sprague on the Main Street Project Phases I and II. He said that right of way aqquisitions are

There was good news at the Red Hill Unit #10 Board of Education regular July meeting Thursday evening in Bridgeport. Superintendent Jakie Walker reported that the district is back to Full

The Lawrence Unit #20 Board of Education met Thursday before a large crowd in the Parkview Junior High cafeteria and unveiled it’s preliminary School Reopening Plan for the upcoming new

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Thursday arrested 46 year old Warren Eagleson of Sumner for Child Pornography. No other details surrounding the arrest were given in the report. He was

Reports out of Wabash County indicate that 34 year old Ruben Corzine of Mt Carmel has entered an open plea of guilty to First Degree Murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 41 year old Mt

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has announced the first grant recipients for the Regional Engagement for Adoption and Digital Equity (READY) program. $200,000 has been

A group of investors has approached the St Francisville City Council about construction of a gas/diesel service station convienence store with food service and alcohol sales on property in the