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The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Monday arrested 48 year old Valerie Blagrave on a warrant for Forgery. She was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was later released on $15,000 bond.

Crawford County authorities have completed their investigation of a two motorcycle accident last Sunday in which two people including a Lawrence County man were injured. According to the sheriffs

The Indiana State Department of Health says 393 cases of the coronavirus were reported in the state Sunday with 5 more deaths. That upps the Hoosier total of cases to 42,423 and the deaths to 2,350

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 658 new cases of coronavirus across the state Sunday with 23 more deaths. The updated numbers now are at 136,762 cases and 6,647 deaths since the

A small but exuberent crowd gathered Sunday afternoon on the Lawrence County Courthouse Square for the Lawrence County Coalition for Change Black Lives Matter racial injustice protest. The affair

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 47 year old Billy Kocher of Bridgeport on a federal warrant. No other arrest details were given. He was being held without bond in the

The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission met in regular session Thursday at City Hall and recieved a recommendation from city engineer John Sprague that a roundabout be used as part of the overall

Illinois State Librarian and Secretary of State Jesse White has announced the awarding of Fiscal Year 2020 Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid grants to 638 public libraries across the

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate for the state fell 2 percentage points to 15.2% in May based on preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of