WAKO News

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce will help usher in the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season locally by hosting the Fall Into the Holidays Tour. It is scheduled for Friday November 6th

The Lawrence County Board has approved an update to it’s liquor ordinance amending the cap on available licenses. The board moved Wednesday to allow 20 total licenses to be available up from

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,342 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 69 more deaths. Three of those are in southeastern Illinois-Richland, Clay

The Petrolia Water District has informed WAKO News that there will be a 1 hour water shutoff Thursday afternoon. The area affected is from Archery Road west to the CDG building along both sides of

The Illinois State Police arrested a wanted out of state man Wednesday. Taken into custody was 47 year old Vernon Martin of Vincennes on a charge of Failure to Appear in Court (Review). He was

The Rides Mass Transit District has announced it will be providing transportation to the polls here in Illinois on Election Day Tuesday November 3rd. The service will be offered to all residents of

The Knox County Indiana Commissioners Tuesday approved unanimously a 10 year tax abatement agreement which helps move forward the construction of a solar farm project. The agreement covers

The Lawrence Public Library Board of Trustees Tuesday met in regular monthly session at the library in downtown Lawrenceville. Executive Director Dianne Brumley informed the board of the reciept of

Reports out of Sangamon County indicate that a judge there has denied Governor J.B. Pritzger’s motion to vacate the orders of a Clay County Circuit Court judge who ruled against him. The

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,714 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday across the state with 41 additional deaths. 3 of those deaths were in Clark County north of