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The City of Vincennes has announced that residents could soon start seeing Census Bureau employees going door to door in neighborhoods. They will be canvassing for the 2020 Census. Canvassing is

The trade war between the United States and China continues to adversely affect farmers here in Illinois and across the nation. 15th District Republican Congressman John Shimkus was a participant

The Good Samaritan Hospital Board of Governors Thursday approved the purchase of a new Phillips Echo Vascular Ultrasound Machine for the Dayson Heart Center. The new machine replaces an older model

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Thursday arrested 42 year old Orville Cline of St Francisville on a charge of domestic battery. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being

109th District State Represenative Darren Bailey has announced that public comment is now being accepted on the newly proposed rules for gun safety issued by the Illinois State Police. The rules

A Knox County Indiana official says a replica of an early Confederate flag that was displayed near a Civil War monument in Vincennes has been removed. Commissioners President Kellie Streeter says

The Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham have released the results of recent Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) conducted in August in Lawrence and Crawford Counties. Those

Lawrenceville Police made 2 arrests Wednesday. 43 year old April Gossett of Lawrenceville was picked up on a warrant from Wabash County. She was also charged with attempted escape, threatening a

Two Lawrence County residents were arrested this week in Crawford County after alledgedly stealing a vehicle here in Lawrence County and fleeing police after being stopped. Robinson Police say that

Motorists in Lawrence and surrounding counties in Illinois can expect to see more state police and local law enforcement out on the roads through the Labor Day holiday weekend-the final summer