WAKO News

Authorities say an IRS scam is targeting area residents. It’s been reported that individuals will notice a large deposit into their personal banking account.  The deposit will show up as an

   The Lawrence County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors met in regular session Tuesday evening.  The Hospital Board received a report from Gene Allen on renovations and upgrades to the

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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the WAKO Radio listening area from 6 pm this evening until 6 am Wednesday morning. Mixed precipitation is expected. Total wet

Knox County Coroner Brian Hagen has ruled accidental drowning as the cause of death for two Oaktown women who died when a military Humvee they were riding in crashed into the Wabash River.  Hagen

   A Lawrenceville man was arrested Monday on a drug possession charge following a traffic stop. Lawrenceville Police stopped a vehicle driven by 45 year-old Russell Metz. Metz was charged with

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Two Oaktown women died early Sunday morning after the Humvee they were riding in inadvertently went off an embankment and into the Wabash River. Indiana State Police say 33 year-old Breezie Mason

   A Lawrenceville woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning. Serina Sechrest was driving south on Illinois Route 1 in Denison Township when she swerved to avoid an animal on

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   Lawrenceville Police arrested a Bridgeport man over the weekend for theft. Police also charged 36 year-old Jeremy Novak with obstructing a peace officer. Novak was taken to the Lawrence

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   Fire damaged a rural Lawrence County residence over the weekend. Units of the Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District were called out Saturday evening to the Beaver Pond Lane residence of

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Authorities are investigating reports of an armed robbery on the Vincennes University campus Friday afternoon. The Vincennes University Facebook page reports the robbery occurred at around 3:19