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   The Red Hill Unit 10 School Board met in regular session Thursday evening. The School Board accepted a bid from Mason’s Masonry to handle the tuck-pointing project at the Red Hill

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The two people who died in a house fire near Wheatland Tuesday morning have been identified. The Knox County Coroner’s Office has identified the victims as 72 year-old Mary Louise Wallace and

   The Lawrenceville Unit 20 School Board fired first-year band director Brandon Volk during a special session this week. Volk was not at Tuesday’s meeting, the second such session to

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   Lawrenceville Police arrested a Vincennes man on a Knox County warrant early this morning. Police took 42 year-old Emmanuel Hernandez into custody. Hernandez was taken to the Lawrence County

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   The St. Francisville City Council met in regular session Wednesday. The City Council discussed options on two acres of ground in rural Wabash County at a cost of $10,000 per acre. The Council

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Two people were killed  in a house fire near Wheatland Tuesday morning. The fire was reported at around 2:15 eastern morning. The names of the two people who died are not yet being released,

   A Flat Rock man was convicted following a jury trial in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week. 67 year-old Uriah Robinson was found guilty of aggravated battery. Sentencing is scheduled for

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   The Bridgeport City Council met in regular session Tuesday night. The City Council received information on a water rate study by Lamac Engineering. The City is looking into water sales and

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A Bridgeport man was arrested following a traffic stop in Wabash County Sunday morning. Wabash County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle driven by 34 year-old Cameron Jones on Highway 1 and

Knox County authorities arrested a Vincennes woman following a call to the Autumn Ridge Apartments this morning. Sheriff’s deputies discovered that 23 year-old Paige Simmons was wanted on