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Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum has announced that beginning Thursday and continuing for 2 days, crews with Miller Pipeline will have traffic restricted at the intersections of 6th and Hart and 7th and

The city of Bridgeport is being looked at as the site of a festival that honors those who served the country in the armed forces. The City Council Tuesday night heard from organizer James

The Bi-State Authority which governs the Mid-American Air Center located northeast of Lawrenceville were updated on two major 2021 projects at their monthly meeting Tuesday. Manager Kurt Schwartz

15th District Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller issued a statement Wednesday addressing  the impeachment of President Donald Trump. In the one paragraph release, Miller denounced the violence

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,642 confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 117 new deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, there have been a

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Tuesday arrested 27 year old Tyler Sparks of Lawrenceville for Failure to Appear (Review). He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail and released with a

25 year old Brody Murbarger of Evansville was back in court Monday. The former Fairfield resident was charged with 3 counts of First Degree Murder, 2 Class X Illinois Felony counts of Home Invasion

The Vincennes City Council is throwing it’s support behind a new study of housing. The Knox County Development Corporation has commisioned a study of the housing situation in the city and

109th District Republican State Representative Darren Bailey has been released from the hospital. In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, Bailey indicated that he left Memorial Hospital in Springfield

The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday reported 4,779 confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus across the state with 53 additional deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, there have