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The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that roadside mowing operations have resumed statewide including here in southeastern Illinois and Lawrence County. Motorists are advised to

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 933 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 10 additional deaths. There were no new case reports for Lawrence County with the latest

Lawrenceville Police Monday arrested 19 year old Michael Edwards of Lawrenceville on a charge of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (Accountability). No details surround the arrest were given in the

Two men were hurt late Monday afternoon in a truck-tractor collision on US 50 eastbound in Knox County Indiana. State Police say that just before 5 p.m. Eastern Time a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup being

Indiana State Police now say that a Knox County woman has died of injuries sustained in a Sunday evening accident. 55 year old Paula Kordes of Vincennes died at Ascension St Vincent Hospital in

The Centers for Disease Control are currently investigating outbreaks of salmonella infections in multiple states across the country including Illinois and Kentucky. Around 163 people have

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,264 new cases of coronavirus across the state this past weekend Friday through Sunday with 88 deaths. The latest Lawrence County Health

An Amber Alert was issued Friday night across the southeastern Illinois area for a missing Wayne County youth. The alert was issued around 9 p.m. for 9 year old Alli Matthews of rural Fairfield by

Bridgeport Police Sunday arrested 59 year old Mark Evans of Bridgeport on a charge of Domestic Battery. He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and was being held there pending the setting of