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The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 674 new cases of coronavirus across the state with 24 new deaths. There were no new cases reported by the Lawrence County Health

Indiana State Police report that a Vincennes man was arrested early Friday after attempting to escape after a traffic stop. Around 2:15 am EST, a trooper was patrolling on 6th Street near Cullop in

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department early Friday arrested 56 year old Dana Cornwell of Lawrenceville on a charge of Driving Under the Influence (Drugs). She was taken to the Lawrence County

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 478 new cases of coronavirus along with 9 additional deaths Wednesday. There were no new case reports from the Lawrence County Health Department.

Illinois State Police District 12 has released the results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) for Lawrence and Richland Counties in May. Those patrols focused on the use of seat belts

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Wednesday arrested 23 Cheyenne Urban of Lawrenceville for Failure to Appear (Court Review). Urban was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and was later

Another step has been made in the Knox County Indiana jail expansion project. County commissioners meeting Tuesday upon recommendation of their jail committee moved to hire Garmong Construction out

Vincennes University has announced it will be holding a public hearing this month. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday June 10th at 9 a.m. EDT in Room #112 of the Learning Resource Center on the

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education will meet in special session this week. Unit 20 officials tell WAKO News that the board will meet in executive session Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Parkview

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported there were only 401 confirmed new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with only 8 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health