WAKO News

   Officials with the Indiana Department of Transportation have announced that State Road 61 east of Vincennes will be closed starting today for a bridge replacement project. State Road 61 will

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  The Illinois Route 1 Embarras River Bridge north of Lawrenceville has reopened. The Illinois Department of Transportation made that indication to Lawrenceville city officials on Friday. The

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Lawrenceville man on a warrant for delivering methamphetamine Friday. Sheriff’s deputies also arrested 41 year-old Michael Vinsel on a Department

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   A disciplinary complaint was filed against Knox County Prosecutor Dirk Carnahan this week. The complaint alleges Carnahan committed professional misconduct after an incident involving his

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   Lawrence County State’s Attorney Michael Strange announced that a Lawrenceville woman was sentenced in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week. 42 year-old Tiffany E. Koonce of

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 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Clay County, Illinois Thursday morning. An estimated EF0 tornado with 60 mph touched down in Xenia around

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   Area residents continue to mourn the passing of a prominent Lawrence County civic leader. William W. “Bill” Gray passed away Wednesday, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes.  Gray was

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   A 23-year-old Charleston woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the death of her 2-year-old son in 2017. Coles County Court records indicate that Savannah M. Weiss pleaded guilty

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     The Gibson county clerk was arrested Wednesday. Jim Morrow turned himself in and got out of jail after posting bail. Princeton Police Chief Derrick Graber, says Morrow is charged