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   Illinois State Police arrested an Olney man following a traffic stop in Lawrence County over the weekend. State Police stopped a vehicle driven by 38 year-old Cameko James on US 50 at

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   A wanted Knox County man was arrested on drug possession charges by Bridgeport Police after leading them on a chase earlier this week. Police eventually apprehended 24 year-old Anthony

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   A two-vehicle accident occurred in Lawrenceville. Vehicles driven by Joseph Kile of Marshall and Dawn Shexnayder of Maunie collided in the 1500 block of State Street. Neither driver was

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   Today is Small Business Saturday, a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. The National Federation of Independent Businesses is encouraging

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   A wanted Bridgeport woman was arrested Tuesday. Bridgeport Police went to the residence of 50 year-old Gina Byers and served her with a Lawrence County Circuit Court warrant. Byers was taken

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    Lawrence County Sheriff Russell Adams and Dean Kelly, representing the Neighborhood Watch, presented Lawrence County URChoice with a donation of $6,421.18 Tuesday to help the group’s

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A Princeton man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death accepted a proposed plea deal in Gibson Circuit Court Monday. Lance Z. Marley was scheduled to stand trial next week in connection with

An Illinois man has died after a crash on Interstate 70 in Vigo County Monday morning. Indiana State Police say the accident happened in the eastbound lanes of I-70 and involved an RV just after

Two people were injured in a Monday morning morning crash in Wayne County, Illinois. Illinois State Police say the accident happened in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 near the White County

   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Lawrenceville man over the weekend for violating his probation. Sheriff’s deputies took 22 year-old Quinton Owens into custody. Owens was taken to

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