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STABBING SUSPECT ARRESTED

The man wanted in connection with a double stabbing  in Grayville earlier this week has been taken into custody. The White County Sheriffs Department recieved a report Friday of the sighting of a

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LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Friday arrested a local man on multiple offenses. Taken into custody was 31 year old Alex Webb of Lawrenceville. He was preliminarily charged with Domestic

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UNIT 10 BOARD MEETS

The Red Hill Unit 10 Board of Education met in regular session Thursday evening at Red Hill Junior-Senior High School in Bridgeport. They moved to officially close the district under the order of

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced three more deaths from the coronavirus in the state. The individuals were from Will, Cook, and Sangamon counties. That brings to four the

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LOCAL ARREST

Bridgeport Police Thursday arrested a southwestern Indiana man. 34 year old Ernest Sweet of Evansville was taken into custody preliminarily charged with Domestic Battery. He was booked into the

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