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VINCENNES BUDGET HEARINGS

The Vincennes City Council met as a Committee of the Whole Wednesday at City Hall to hold budget hearings with department heads for fiscal year 2021. The members heard from those assembled about

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UNIT 20 BUDGET APPROVED

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education has approved an approximately $11 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21. The action occured after a public hearing Wednesday night during the regular

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INDIANA MOVES TO PHASE 5

The state of Indiana will move to Stage 5 of it’s reopening plan this Saturday. Governor Eric Holcomb making that announcement in Indianapolis Wednesday. The state had been hovering at Stage

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ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there were 1,848 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Wednesday across the state with 22 additional deaths. There were no new cases reported Wednesday

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KNOX COUNTY BREAKINS

The Knox County Indiana Sheriff’s Department has announced that it has recieved a rash of reports of home and vehicle breakins recently. Most of the reported incidents have occured in the

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VU WAIVING APPLICATION FEES

Vincennes University is waiving application fees for anyone who applys in 2020. University President Dr Chuck Johnson made that announcement in a statement released this week. Johnson says that the

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