WAKO News

The name of the male subject killed at the Bear Run Coal Mine last month has now been released. The Sullivan County Indiana Sheriffs Department reports that the victim was 59 year old Philip

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department picked up two wanted people over the weekend. 53 year old Kelly Smith of Lawrenceville was charged with Failure to Appear in Court and was being held on

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education will meet in special session this week. Unit 10 officials have informed WAKO News that the meeting will be Thursday May 4th at 6 p.m. CT at the Unit 10

Congratulations to Kyra Griesemer and Silas Parrott. They were crowned as the 2023 Red Hill High School Prom Queen and King during the coronation held Saturday evening during the event held in the

Authorities in southwestern Indiana say that 6 more people were arrested on drug charges earlier this week as part of an ongoing multiple agency investigation. They occurred on Tuesday April 25th

Unemployment figures have dropped from February to March in counties in southeastern Illinois. That is according to individual county jobless figures released by the Illinois Department of

Reports out of Knox County Indiana indicate that a Lawrence County man has changed his plea to murder after three days of trial in Circuit Court this week. C.C. Lee Cochran of Lawrenceville had

Vincennes University will hold it’s 2023 Spring Commencement this weekend. It is scheduled for Saturday April 29th at 2 p.m. EDT at the P.E. Complex. Prior to that, the Honors Convocation for

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday evening at the Lawrenceville High School cafeteria for reorganization. The elected members to the board from the April 4 election were declared

St Francisville Mayor Danny Lynn has informed WAKO News that the St Francisville Toll Bridge will be closed for one day next week for maintenence. The bridge is set to be closed to vehicular