WAKO News

Knox County Coroner Brian Hagen has ruled accidental drowning as the cause of death for two Oaktown women who died when a military Humvee they were riding in crashed into the Wabash River.  Hagen

   A Lawrenceville man was arrested Monday on a drug possession charge following a traffic stop. Lawrenceville Police stopped a vehicle driven by 45 year-old Russell Metz. Metz was charged with

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Two Oaktown women died early Sunday morning after the Humvee they were riding in inadvertently went off an embankment and into the Wabash River. Indiana State Police say 33 year-old Breezie Mason

   A Lawrenceville woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning. Serina Sechrest was driving south on Illinois Route 1 in Denison Township when she swerved to avoid an animal on

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   Lawrenceville Police arrested a Bridgeport man over the weekend for theft. Police also charged 36 year-old Jeremy Novak with obstructing a peace officer. Novak was taken to the Lawrence

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   Fire damaged a rural Lawrence County residence over the weekend. Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District were called out Saturday evening to the Beaver Pond Lane residence of

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Authorities are investigating reports of an armed robbery on the Vincennes University campus Friday afternoon. The Vincennes University Facebook page reports the robbery occurred at around 3:19

   A Lawrenceville woman was arrested Friday at the Dollar General Store. 54 year-old Stacy Guite was charged with retail theft. Guite was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and later released on

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   Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in rural Clark County Friday afternoon. A 16 year-old juvenile from Casey was driving north on a county road two miles east of Casey when

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   Lawrence County State’s Attorney Michael Strange announced that three people were sentenced in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week.  24 year-old Anthony Skipworth of Monroe City,

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