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The Illinois Department of Public Health reports that there were 2,257 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday including 30 confirmed deaths. One of those deaths in neighboring

Illinois State Police report that the search remains active for the male suspect in an Olney murder case. Local and area law enforcement authorities along with the ISP are on the lookout for 19

The Petrolia Water District has informed WAKO News that a boil order has been issued for customers in the area of Highway 50 south on Club Kilroy Road down to the Tewell Addition. The boil order

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

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

Carmi-based First Bank and Heritage State Bank headquartered in Lawrenceville have jointly announced a partnership under which First Bank will acquire Heritage in the near future. First Bank has 9

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

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

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

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