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The National Weather Service is continuing a Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Friday. The river was at 31.08 feet Monday morning, close to two feet above its 30 foot

The City of Sumner has informed WAKO News that the boil order issued earlier this week has been lifted Friday.  The boil order was imposed Wednesday and covered the area from Christy and East

The Vincennes University Board of Trustees this week voted to resume full face-to-face in-person instruction and full campus activities beginning in the Fall Semester of 2021. The vote occured

The Pantheon Theatre Business Incubator in downtown Vincennes hosted an Agricultural Technology Startup Showcase event Thursday at it’s recently renovated location. It featured

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce is continuing preparations for one of it’s top events for 2021-the Shamrock Shuffle.  It is scheduled for Friday March 12th from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,884 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 32 additional deaths. The latest Lawrence County Health

Lawrence County States Attorney Michael Strange has announced that 2 out of county subjects were sentenced to prison terms this week in Lawrence County Circuit Court. 37 year old Keinan Sanford of

The Good Samaritan Foundation in Vincennes recently was the recipient of a gift of more than $700,000 donated by the estate of the late Edna Barlow. She passed away in December of 2019 at the age

The City of Lawrenceville has announced a vacant maintenence position in the Utilities Department. The job entails performing a variety of tasks involving the general maintenence, construction and

The Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday night and did set the date for Lawrenceville High School graduation. It is scheduled for Sunday May 23rd at 2 p.m. Unit 20 Superintendent Doug Daughtery