WAKO News

The Red Hill Unit #10 Board of Education will meet in special session early next week. Unit 10 officials have informed WAKO News that the board will get together Tuesday November 7th at 5:30 p.m.

The Vincennes Police Department (VPD) has been awarded two federal grants in the total of over $837,400 for increased school safety measures. They include adding 4 School Resource Officers (SRO) to

A surprise development Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence County Circuit Court in the case of 29 year old Evan Cave. The Lawrenceville man was scheduled for preliminary hearing on multiple charges

The city of Vincennes has announced that due to the utility relocation work needed for the Washington Avenue Road Project completion, Sparklight will have a scheduled internet, TV, and other

A wrong-way driver was charged after colliding with an Indiana State Police patrol car in Knox County late Tuesday night. Reports indicate that at around 11:15 p.m. ET, a trooper was headed north

The Clay County Illinois Coroners Office has identified the two pedestrians killed Sunday night after being hit by a vehicle. Around 7 p.m. Sunday both 20 year old Bayley Walker and 13 year old

Halloween is here and authorities are urging drivers and pedestrians alike to use caution when traveling and trick or treating. The National Safety Council (NSC) reports that children are more than

Good news for Vincennes motorists. Mayor Joe Yochum has announced that Washington Avenue  reopened to vehicular traffic Tuesday morning. The city is cautioning drivers that there is a workzone

The Illinois State Police (ISP) are continuing to look into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two pedestrians hit by a vehicle late Sunday night in Clay County. Preliminary reports

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 38 year old Stephen Quituqua of Carmi on a charge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Alcohol. He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and