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19 year-old Kylar Craig was crowned Miss Richland County at the Richland County Fair last night. Kylar is the daughter of Brian and Danette Craig.

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Failure to appear warrant served Monday, local man jailed in Daviess County Indiana on an auto theft warrant, Knox County authorities make, battery and possession arrests.

A grass fire occurred in northern Lawrence County yesterday afternoon.  Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District were called to the Anthony Senn residence on Crawford Lane in Flat

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A fire Saturday night destroyed a home in Monroe City.   Reports are the fire started in a garage on Breckenridge Street just after 5:30-pm.  A cause is still being determined.  There were no

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Bridgeport man jailed for trespassing,  teen arrested in Bicknell and jailed for possession, Vincennes man arrested for leaving the scene of an accident…

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Lawrence County yesterday morning. Vehicles driven by Elizabeth Arnold of Lawrenceville and Scott Polk of Lawrenceville collided on U.S. 50

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(DLC MEDIA)  Lawrence County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0168, according to Constance Beard, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property

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