WAKO News

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Monday arrested 42 year old Kevin Lee Hart of Lawrenceville for Probation Violation. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held on

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for all of the WAKO listening area until 8 p.m. Central Time Tuesday. Winds will be from the southeast at 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts

Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum has announced that after careful deliberation with local health officials, it has been decided to cancelled the annual Fourth of July Parade through the city streets. The

Indiana public health officials ahve announced 417 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday across the state with 11 deaths. Those totals bring the number of Hoosier cases statewide to 37,397 and deaths to

The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday reported 867 new cases of coronavirus across the state bringing the total number of cases to 127,757 since the pandemic began. There were also 43

Lawrenceville Police Friday arrested 48 year old Cory Goodwin of Lawrenceville on a charge of Unlawful Violation of an Order of Protection. No other arrest details were given. Goodwin was taken to

Lawrenceville Police investigated a two vehicle accident Saturday at the Walmart parking lot. Authorities say that a 2006 Ford F-250 Truck being driven by Justin Mason of Montrose, Iowa collided

One person has been killed and two others injured in a single vehicle fatal accident Sunday in Gibson County Indiana. The Sheriffs Department initially reports that the mishap occured at the

The city of Sumner has informed WAKO of a boil order issued Friday. The boil order is for the two blocks of West South Street.

The Indiana Military Museum will reopen on Sunday June 14th. Regular hours will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Time. All rules pertaining to social distancing, sanitation and masks will be