WAKO News

Vincennes Police report that a Crawford County Illinois couple is in custody after a vehicle pursuit Wednesday. Authorities were called to the Vincennes Walmart in connection with an alledged

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory through Thursday evening and a Flood Watch from Friday evening through Saturday for the entire WAKO listening area. Winds will pick up from

The Illinois Eastern Community College District #529 Board of Trustees is currently accepting letters of interest from people to fill the vacancy created by the recent resignation of James Lane. To

The Lawrence County Memorial Hospital Board met in regular session Tuesday for the first time in the new year. Chief Executive Officer Don Robbins and Chief Financial Officer Larry Spour briefed

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education is scheduled to meet in special session on Thursday. Unit 20 officials have informed WAKO that the board will meet at 1 p.m. at Lawrenceville High School. 

The Knox County Commissioners reorganized during their first meeting of the new year this week. Re-elected as Commission President was Kellie Streeter and as Vice President Trent Hinkle. During the

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested two out of county men for Probation Violations Tuesday. Both 39 year old Marlin Hill of Robinson and 26 year old Johnathan Murray of Noble were

Reports out of Vincennes indicate that another business is set to locate in the Kimmell Pointe area of the city in the future. The Knox County Area Plan Commission has approved a request for

U.S. Census data released this past week indicates that the state of Illinois led the nation in population loss in the last 10 years. The state has lost nearly 160,000 residents over that period.

A recently released report shows that 123 children died in the past fiscal year in the state of Illinois despite having contact with the Department of Children and Family Services. That is the