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The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education will meet in special session Wednesday evening. Unit 20 officials inform WAKO News that they will gather at 7 p.m. at the Parkside Elementary Community Room.

Rachel Hipsher has resigned as Executive Director of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Chamber Board of Directors, she is leaving to take a position at United Healthcare and

Authorities say one man was seriously injured in a single vehicle accident Monday afternoon on the Sailor Springs Road in Clay County Illinois. Illinois State Police report that around 5 p.m. a

A proposed four-lane highway that would improve southwestern Indiana’s connection to Interstate 69 is set for three public hearings on the projects proposed routes. The route options being

The Embarras River Basin Agency in conjunction with Wells Fargo has announced it will host workshops entitled “Saving Money on Utilities and Repairs” They will be held in the nine

109th District Republican State Represenative Darren Bailey will have “Traveling Office Hours” in Lawrence and Jasper Counties Tuesday. Office hours in Jasper County will be from 9 a.m.

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 26 year old Taylor Spitz of Bridgeport for Driving Under the Influence. She was released from the Lawrence County Jail on $3000 bond.

Friday night and early Saturday morning the Indiana State Police conducted a saturation patrol targeting dangerous and impaired drivers in Knox County. During the patrol, troopers issued 18 traffic

Sabrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, will be keynote speaker at the Black History Month Kickoff celebration hosted by Vincennes University next week. It will be Tuesday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time

Continued population loss means that the state of Illinois will lose at least one of it’s 18 Congressional seats in Washington D.C. and perhaps even two. Election Data Services recently